metahistorical

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English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ historical.

Adjective

metahistorical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to metahistory.
    • 2021, Ina Bergmann, quoting Daniel Candel Bormann, The Nineteenth Century Revis(it)ed: The New Historical Fiction, Routledge, →ISBN:
      Like revisionist historical novels, metahistorical novels propose two stories, one set in the past, the other in the present.

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