secret history

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noun

a version of historical events which differs from the official or commonly accepted record and purports to be the true versionAlso called: shadow history

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Words nearby secret history

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How to use secret history in a sentence

Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace Nikil Saval (Doubleday) Who knew office culture could be so interesting?
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Secret History of Wonder Woman is, in the end, unsettling.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Secret History of Wonder Woman is about sex, politics, love, loss, feminism, and a family.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The secret history that connects them is the history of America.
Miley Cyrus's Smartest Tattoo|James Poulos|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

His memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, will be published by Penguin Press in August.
Frank Bruni's Nightstand|Frank Bruni|July 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This is what the writers of serious books pompously call "the secret history of the whole matter."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
This idea may be illustrated by a page from the secret history of David Swan.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Her heart was flooded with love and pity for him, a hundredfold intensified now that she knew his secret history.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
Nor does the secret history of the measure offer much ground for consolation.
Sir Jasper Carew|Charles James Lever
Mirabeau, in his “Secret History,” indelibly recorded all the vices of ce noble tripot, Berlin.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea