revisionism

noun
/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/

Etymology

From revision + -ism.

  1. derived from revīsiō
  2. borrowed from révision
  3. formed as revisionism — “revision + -ism

Definitions

  1. The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical…

    The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.

    • Tories spent last week boldly whistling their unique brand of the kind of historical revisionism that has played a major part in getting us here.
    • As for Jones’s performance as Mandy Cohen, it united two leading facets of the funnyman’s repertoire: his fondness for female impersonation, and his passion for historical revisionism.
    • Meanwhile, Holocaust survivors are dying every day. There are few left to protest the new revisionism.
  2. An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA