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Wikipedia has an article on: Alternate history

Noun

Singular alternate history

Plural usually uncountable; plural alternate histories

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

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