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allohistories

allohistories is the plural of allohistory.

Meaning of allohistory

Noun

allohistory (usually uncountable, plural allohistories)

  1. (usually) Synonym of alternate history.
    • But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a...2011 February 1, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, pages 102–103

Questions about allohistories

What is allohistories the plural of?
Allohistories is the plural of allohistory.

Words near allohistories in the dictionary

  1. allohexaploid
  2. allohexaploidization
  3. allohexaploids
  4. allohexaploidy
  5. allohistorical
  6. allohistories
  7. allohistory
  8. allohormonal
  9. allohormone
  10. allohormones
  11. alloidentical

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