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althistory

althistory is the clipping of alternate history.

Meaning of alternate history

Noun

alternate history (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of alternative history.

Synonyms of althistory

Forms of althistory

pluralalthistories

Origin of althistory

Analysable as alt- + history.

Questions about althistory

What is althistory the clipping of?
Althistory is the clipping of alternate history.

Words near althistory in the dictionary

  1. althiazide
  2. Althing
  3. althiomycin
  4. althist
  5. althistories
  6. althistory
  7. althists
  8. altho
  9. altho'
  10. Althoff
  11. Althoffs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: althistory (page history and authors); alternate history (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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