counterhistory

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ history.

Noun

counterhistory (countable and uncountable, plural counterhistories)

1. An alternative interpretation of history
   • 2009 March 30, Edward Rothstein, “Casting a Sliver of Light on the Heart of Darkness”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It is a counterhistory, a celebration of an explorer scarcely known in the United States, an Italian-born, French-educated aristocrat, Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza.

Related terms

• counterhistorical

Translations

Translations

• German: Gegenerzählung f
• Italian: controstoria (it) f