uchronic

See also: uchronić

English

Etymology

From uchronia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈkɹɒnɪk/

Adjective

uchronic (comparative more uchronic, superlative most uchronic)

1. Pertaining to uchronia; painting an idealised or semi-fictional view of the past.

   Synonym: uchronian

   • 1992, Kirsten Hastrup, Other Histories, page 113:

     Uchronic visions were part of Icelandic collective representations of the world, and as such they deeply influenced the response of the society to its own history.

   • 2014 June 15, Will Self, The Guardian:

     Then there was the context: the British countryside may have largely been reduced to a monocultural desert of agribusiness, but our uchronic vision of it persists: we expect to find Rosie with some sharp cider under the haystack, not a roseate energy drink.