uchronic
See also: uchronić
English
Etymology
From uchronia + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /juːˈkɹɒnɪk/
Adjective
uchronic (comparative more uchronic, superlative most uchronic)
- Pertaining to uchronia; painting an idealised or semi-fictional view of the past.
- 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, Will Self, The Guardian, 15 Jun 2014:
- 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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