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uchronian

uchronian adjective: pertaining to uchronia ("an idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past").

Adjective

uchronian (comparative more uchronian, superlative most uchronian)

  1. Pertaining to uchronia ("an idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past").
    • For a long time to come, at least, it is too dangerous an experiment to base on hope. Again they may say that it never could succeed unless in a uchronian Utopia 'above these ruinable skies'.1945, John Laird, The Device of Government: An Essay on Civil Polity, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, page 115
    Synonyms:
    uchronic
  2. Pertaining to uchronia (meaning alternate history)

Synonyms of uchronian

Forms of uchronian

comparativemore uchronian
superlativemost uchronian

Origin of uchronian

From uchronia + -an.

Questions about uchronian

What does uchronian mean?
Uchronian means pertaining to uchronia ("an idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past").
What part of speech is uchronian?
Uchronian is an adjective.

Words near uchronian in the dictionary

  1. Uchina
  2. Uchinā
  3. Uchitel
  4. Uchizy
  5. uchronia
  6. uchronian
  7. uchronias
  8. uchronic
  9. Uchturpan
  10. uchucchacuaite
  11. UCI

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