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counterhistories

counterhistories is the plural of counterhistory.

Meaning of counterhistory

Noun

counterhistory (countable and uncountable, plural counterhistories)

  1. An alternative interpretation of history
    • It is a counterhistory, a celebration of an explorer scarcely known in the United States, an Italian-born, French-educated aristocrat, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza.2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in New York Times

Questions about counterhistories

What is counterhistories the plural of?
Counterhistories is the plural of counterhistory.

Words near counterhistories in the dictionary

  1. counterhegemonic
  2. counterhegemonies
  3. counterhegemony
  4. counterhistorical
  5. counterhistorically
  6. counterhistories
  7. counterhistory
  8. counterhomeostatic
  9. counterhypertensive
  10. counterhypotheses
  11. counterhypothesis

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