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Meanings of
alternate history
in English
Russian
альтернативная история
Portuguese
história alternativa
Spanish
ucronía
Catalan
història alternativa
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Genre of speculative fiction, where one or more historical events occur differently.
uchronie
what if fiction
what ifs
althist
althist fiction
alternative history
alternate history fiction
alternative history fiction
allohistory
alt-history fiction
Related terms
genre
Russian
альтернативная история
Synonyms
Examples for "
uchronie
"
uchronie
what if fiction
what ifs
althist
althist fiction
Examples for "
uchronie
"
1
[Footnote: He illustrated this proposition by a fanciful reconstruction of European history from 100 to 800 A.D. in his
UCHRONIE
,
1876.
1
But despite our best efforts, it's hard to overlook the
what
ifs
.
2
Consider too the '
what
ifs
?
'
-would what you have suggested still work?
3
The
what
ifs
and the should haves will eat your brain.
4
But of course it's useless to think in
what
ifs
.
5
You can say a lot of
what
ifs
,
there are so many different scenarios.
1
A marvellous marriage of political satire, melodramatic intrigue, gothic horror and
alternative
history
.
2
An
alternative
history
for the Beatles and their role in world peace is also offered.
3
Thanks to this neat framing device, what was once obsolete sci-fi is now
alternative
history
.
4
There is a huge volume of work on the Templars-from serious scholarship to pseudo-academic
alternative
history
.
5
Harris's book kept calling me back to a neglected classic of
alternative
history
,
Keith Roberts's Pavane.
1
In this
alternative
reality
armed response becomes, if not logical, then at least debatable.
2
Have I woken up in some fevered (but still awesome)
alternative
reality
?
3
Conservative media nurture their own hothouse
alternative
reality
and regard any challenge thereto as illegitimate.
4
He understands the desire for the special experience, that element of
alternative
reality
,
of freedom.
5
His deceptions are widely endorsed as an
alternative
reality
.
Usage of
alternate history
in English
1
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore is a 1953 novel of
alternate
history
.
2
Spaceflight is risky, yet in this
alternate
history
all missions occur exactly as planned.
3
History may be written by the winners, but
alternate
history
is encoded by the thinkers.
4
She continued, relating an
alternate
history
of their family.
5
What seems like a devastating premise actually yields a much richer
alternate
history
for NASA.
6
It's become something of an
alternate
history
flashpoint.
7
His most famous work, by far, is the classic
alternate
history
Bring the Jubilee (1953).
8
This is his fifth
alternate
history
novel.
9
People who play with
alternate
history
sometimes take really dramatic leaps, why do you think that couldn't happen?
10
What follows is an unabashed exercise in
alternate
history
speculation (and, above all, shameless wishful thinking).
11
It combined mystery,
alternate
history
,
and a Sherlock Holmes analogue, not to mention a dash of James Bond.
12
The story that I tell an
alternate
history
version of in this collection is based on a real story.
13
His howls carried knowledge and his stench spoke of an
alternate
history
to the evolutionary blunderings of known life.
14
It's well worth reading his comprehensive Resident Advisor piece: "An
alternate
history
of sexuality in club culture".
15
Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling
alternate
history
.
16
It is easy to envisage an
alternate
history
where the advancing ant colony became merely the myriad-bodied puppet of hidden beetle overlords.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
alternate
history
alternate
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
alternate history
Russian
альтернативная история
Portuguese
história alternativa
Spanish
ucronía
ucrónico
ucronia
ucronico
historia alterna
historia alternativa
Catalan
història alternativa
història contrafactual
ucronia
Alternate history
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Alternate history
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