allohistory

/alə(ʊ)ˈhɪst(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

From allo- + history.

allohistory means Synonym of alternate history. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

Synonym of alternate history.“But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality.”