pseudohistory
English
Alternative forms
- pseudo-history
Etymology
pseudo- + history, coined around 1815, after New Latin pseudo-historia (since 1654 or earlier according to OED).
Noun
pseudohistory (countable and uncountable, plural pseudohistories)
- (derogatory) False history.
- When asked what could possibly justify their aggression, they responded with nothing but pseudohistory and mythology.
- (derogatory) Any work claiming to be a historical account without using established historiographical methods, especially one using personal speculation or questionable evidence without necessary care or concern for the truth.
- 1815, Tobias George Smollett, editor, The Critical review: or, Annals of literature, volume 1, page 152:
- The contemptible trick practised by Mr. Anderson, in the first chapter of his pseudo-history, must not pass without due correction.
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- euhemerization (mythology & popular beliefs)
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Translations
any work that claims to be history, but does not use established historiographical methods
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