Meaning of what-iffery | Babel Free
Definitions
Speculation as to what might have happened if things had happened differently.
Examples
“[…] what if Jonah is a piece of what-iffery, a story, an experiment⟳ with words, rather than a carefully honed piece of polemic […]”
“The film's what-iffery becomes even more compelling when Blair, played, as in A Very Social Secretary, by a twitchingly reptilian Robert Lindsay, decides to stand⟳ down shortly before the 2010 general election.”
“My name⟳ is Greg Jenner, and I'm pathologically sceptical towards historical what-iffery. Let⟳ me clarify⟳—there's nothing wrong with asking, ‘What if this hadn't happened?’”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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