"alternate history" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "alternate histories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "alternate history (usually uncountable, plural alternate histories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "55 45",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Alternate history",
          "orig": "en:Alternate history",
          "parents": [
            "History",
            "Speculative fiction",
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            "Fiction",
            "Genres",
            "Fundamental",
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            "Entertainment",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society"
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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          "name": "History",
          "orig": "en:History",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Counterfactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "speculative fiction"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-alternate_history-en-noun-byMPHUd4",
      "links": [
        [
          "Counterfactual",
          "counterfactual"
        ],
        [
          "speculation",
          "speculation"
        ],
        [
          "historian",
          "historian"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "alternate timeline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "alternate universe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "alternative universe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "counterfactual"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "darkest timeline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "worst timeline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "gaslight romance"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "parallel universe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "point of divergence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "retrofuture"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "steampunk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "what if"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "what-if"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "word": "alternative history"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "english": "both senses",
          "word": "allohistory"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fiction",
          "orig": "en:Fiction",
          "parents": [
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Alternate history is[…]a mournful exercise; in it, the world we know has been erased, and usually not for the better. Sometimes the main character realizes this, but most often the reader alone is left to fathom the loss.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history)."
      ],
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          "fiction",
          "fiction"
        ],
        [
          "genre",
          "genre"
        ],
        [
          "ahistorical",
          "ahistorical"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "divergence",
          "divergence"
        ]
      ],
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        "(fiction) A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fiction",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒlˌtɜːnət ˌhɪstɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒltənət ˌhɪstɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪstəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔltɚnət ˌhɪstɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪstəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑl.tɚ.nət-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alternate history"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "en:Alternate history",
    "en:History"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alternate histories",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "speculative fiction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "alternate timeline"
    },
    {
      "word": "alternate universe"
    },
    {
      "word": "alternative universe"
    },
    {
      "word": "counterfactual"
    },
    {
      "word": "darkest timeline"
    },
    {
      "word": "worst timeline"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaslight romance"
    },
    {
      "word": "parallel universe"
    },
    {
      "word": "point of divergence"
    },
    {
      "word": "retrofuture"
    },
    {
      "word": "steampunk"
    },
    {
      "word": "what if"
    },
    {
      "word": "what-if"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Counterfactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians."
      ],
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          "speculation",
          "speculation"
        ],
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          "historian",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Fiction"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Alternate history is[…]a mournful exercise; in it, the world we know has been erased, and usually not for the better. Sometimes the main character realizes this, but most often the reader alone is left to fathom the loss.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history)."
      ],
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          "ahistorical",
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        [
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        "(fiction) A genre of fiction based around or involving ahistorical events (often occurring after a fixed point of divergence from real history)."
      ],
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        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fiction",
        "literature",
        "media",
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒlˌtɜːnət ˌhɪstɹi/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒltənət ˌhɪstɹi/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪstəɹi/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔltɚnət ˌhɪstɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˌhɪstəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑl.tɚ.nət-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "alternative history"
    },
    {
      "english": "both senses",
      "word": "allohistory"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alternate history"
}