pseudohistory

Alternative forms

 * pseudo-history

Etymology
, coined around 1815, after (since 1654 or earlier according to OED).

Noun

 * 1)  False history.
 * 2)  Any work claiming to be a historical account without using established historiographical methods, especially one using personal speculation or questionable evidence without necessary care or concern for the truth.
 * 1)  Any work claiming to be a historical account without using established historiographical methods, especially one using personal speculation or questionable evidence without necessary care or concern for the truth.

Hypernyms

 * pseudo-scholarship

Related terms

 * pseudohistorian
 * pseudohistorical

Translations

 * Irish: bréagstair