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secret history

secret history noun: a revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.

Noun

secret history (countable and uncountable, plural secret histories)

  1. A revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.
    Synonyms:
    shadow history
  2. In fiction, history which is fictional but in said fictional world, was covered up.

Synonyms of secret history

Forms of secret history

pluralsecret histories

Questions about secret history

What does secret history mean?
Secret history means a revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.
What part of speech is secret history?
Secret history is a noun.
What is the plural of secret history?
The plural of secret history is secret histories.

Words near secret history in the dictionary

  1. secret government
  2. secret governments
  3. secret handshake
  4. secret handshakes
  5. secret histories
  6. secret history
  7. secret ink
  8. secret inks
  9. Secret Intelligence Service
  10. secret key
  11. secret menu

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