revisionism
/rɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/
noun
- The act of reinterpreting or changing an established historical or political view, often to fit a new agenda.
- The textbook was criticized for its revisionism, as it left out important events.
- Revisionism in politics can make it hard to know what really happened in history.
- Some historians accuse the government of promoting revisionism to downplay past mistakes.
- A movement in Marxist theory that rejects revolutionary change in favor of gradual reform.
- The party split over revisionism, with some members wanting to work within the system.
- Critics of revisionism claimed it betrayed the core ideas of Marxism.
- Early 20th-century revisionism argued that socialism could be achieved through democratic elections.
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