"althist" meaning in All languages combined

See althist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: althists [plural]
Etymology: Probably a clipping of althistory, itself a clipping of alternate history. Analysable as alt + hist. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|althistory|nocap=1}} clipping of althistory, {{clipping|en|alternate history|nocap=1}} clipping of alternate history, {{compound|en|alt|hist}} alt + hist Head templates: {{en-noun}} althist (plural althists)
  1. (Internet slang, fandom slang) Synonym of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”) Tags: Internet, slang Categories (topical): Alternate history Synonyms: alternate history [synonym, synonym-of], allohistory, alternative history, althistory

Inflected forms

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