Uchronic

/juːˈkɹɒnɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Pertaining to uchronia; painting an idealized or semi-fictional view of the past.
2. Pertaining to uchronia (meaning alternative history).

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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• more uchronic
• most uchronic

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