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revisionism
[ ri-vizh-uh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- advocacy or approval of revision.
- any departure from Marxist doctrine, theory, or practice, especially the tendency to favor reform above revolutionary change.
- a departure from any authoritative or generally accepted doctrine, theory, practice, etc.
revisionism
/ ɪˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
- sometimes capital
- a moderate, nonrevolutionary version of Marxism developed in Germany around 1900
- (in Marxist-Leninist ideology) any dangerous departure from the true interpretation of Marx's teachings
- the advocacy of revision of some political theory, religious doctrine, historical or critical interpretation, etc
- usually capital an ultra-nationalist form of Zionism that arose in Palestine in the 1940s
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԾ, nounadjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of revisionism1
Example Sentences
Even Republicans, who have used President Carter to attack Democrats for nearly 50 years, have had to reckon with revisionism.
Raskin also reproached House Republicans for helping Trump escape justice and engaging in "sinister revisionism" to "obscure or vaporize the plain reality described in the special counsel’s report."
Critics warned of Nazi revisionism - something the AfD has been accused of before.
Biden, who will eulogize Carter at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday just 11 days before he exits the presidential stage, can take some solace in the record of revisionism.
Battles over books in school libraries have become emblematic of the country’s larger culture wars over race, historical revisionism and gender identity.
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