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alternate history

genre of speculative fiction, where one or more historical events occur differently
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alternate history

Summary

alternate history is a speculative fiction genre[1]. It draws 3,469 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #4 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • alternate history's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3].
  • alternate history is a type of historical fiction[4].
  • alternate history is a type of speculative fiction[5].
  • alternate history's Commons category is recorded as Alternate history[6].
  • alternate history comprises alternate historical fiction[7].
  • alternate history comprises alternate history film[8].
  • alternate history comprises alternate history video game[9].
  • alternate history comprises alternate history comics[10].
  • alternate history comprises alternate history novel[11].
  • alternate history's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternate history[12].
  • alternate history's main subject is counterfactual history[13].
  • alternate history's different from is recorded as chronokinesis[14].
  • alternate history's different from is recorded as historical prose literature[15].
  • alternate history's different from is recorded as historical fiction[16].
  • alternate history's different from is recorded as counterfactual history[17].
  • alternate history's has list is recorded as list of alternate history fiction[18].

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Definition and Type

alternate history's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include historical fiction[4] and speculative fiction[5].

Use and Application

Components include alternate historical fiction[7], a literary genre[19]; alternate history film[8], a film genre[20]; it video game[9], a video game theme[21]; it comics[10], a comic genre[22]; and it novel[11], a novel genre[23].

Why It Matters

alternate history draws 3,469 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #4 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → speculative fiction genre
    Has part(s) → alternate historical fiction, alternate history film, alternate history video game +2
    Has list → list of alternate history fiction
    Has parts → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16646, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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