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parahistory

parahistory noun: the hypothetical study of historical evidence or artifacts obtained through unconventional means, such as time travel.

Noun

parahistory (usually uncountable, plural parahistories)

  1. (usually) The hypothetical study of historical evidence or artifacts obtained through unconventional means, such as time travel.

Forms of parahistory

pluralparahistories

Origin of parahistory

From para- + history.

Words formed from parahistory

Questions about parahistory

What does parahistory mean?
Parahistory means the hypothetical study of historical evidence or artifacts obtained through unconventional means, such as time travel.
What part of speech is parahistory?
Parahistory is a noun.
What is the plural of parahistory?
The plural of parahistory is parahistories.

Words near parahistory in the dictionary

  1. parahippocampus
  2. parahistorian
  3. parahistorians
  4. parahistorical
  5. parahistories
  6. parahistory
  7. parahockey
  8. parahopeite
  9. parahoplitid
  10. parahoplitids
  11. parahoric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parahistory (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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