"althistory" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: althistories [plural]
Etymology: Analysable as alt (“clipping of alternate”, adjective) + history. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|alt|history|pos1=adjective|t1=clipping of alternate}} alt (“clipping of alternate”, adjective) + history Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} althistory (countable and uncountable, plural althistories)
  1. (Internet slang, fandom slang) Clipping of alternate history (“a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events”). Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: alternate history (extra: a genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events) Categories (topical): Alternate history Synonyms: allohistory, alternative history, althist

Inflected forms

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