allohistorical
/æləˌhɪˈstɔːɹɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to alternate history, either as a discipline or genre, or as a specific counterfactual sequence of events.
Example Sentences
- "If [Alexander] Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999."
- "Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States."
- "The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in [Alexander] Demandt's and [Niall] Ferguson's examinations of allohistory)[…]."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æləˌhɪˈstɔːɹɪkəl/
- British English: /alə(ʊ)ˌhɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/