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noun
An idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An imaginary setting of a work of fiction derived from assuming that a single particular real-world event had occurred differently than it did, causing history to differ from then on; alternate timeline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from French uchronie, formed after utopie (“utopia”), from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ia.
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