alternate history

English

Noun

alternate history (usually uncountable, plural alternate histories)

  1. Contrafactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians.
  2. A genre of historical romance and usually science fiction, with a story background involving ahistorical events occurring after a point of divergence from real history.

See also

  • alternate timeline
  • gaslight romance
  • point of divergence
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