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pseudo-history

pseudo-history is the alternative spelling of pseudohistory.

Meaning of pseudohistory

Noun

pseudohistory (countable and uncountable, plural pseudohistories)

  1. (derogatory) False history.
    • When asked what could possibly justify their aggression, they responded with nothing but pseudohistory and mythology.
  2. (derogatory) Any work claiming to be a historical account without using established historiographical methods, especially one using personal speculation or questionable evidence without necessary care or concern for the truth.
    • The contemptible trick practised by Mr. Anderson, in the first chapter of his pseudo-history, must not pass without due correction.1815, Tobias George Smollett, editor, The Critical review: or, Annals of literature, volume 1, page 152

Forms of pseudo-history

pluralpseudo-histories

Questions about pseudo-history

What is pseudo-history the alternative spelling of?
Pseudo-history is the alternative spelling of pseudohistory.

Words near pseudo-history in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-forces
  2. pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome
  3. pseudo-Freudianism
  4. pseudo-haiku
  5. pseudo-histories
  6. pseudo-history
  7. pseudo-innocently
  8. pseudo-inspirational
  9. pseudo-intellectual
  10. pseudo-intellectualism
  11. pseudo-intellectuals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pseudo-history (page history and authors); pseudohistory (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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