revisionism

revisionism

English

Etymology

revision +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/

Noun

revisionism (countable and uncountable, plural revisionisms)

1. (historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.
   • 2018, Anne Perkins, A Dad’s Army-style Brexit looms. ‘Don’t panic!’ in the Guardian.

     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.

2. (Marxism, derogatory) An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles.

Translations

advocacy of a revision of some view

Catalan: revisionisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 修正主義 (zh), 修正主义 (zh) (xiūzhèngzhǔyì) Czech: revizionismus m Dutch: revisionisme (nl) n Finnish: revisionismi (fi), uudistusmielisyys French: révisionnisme (fr) m German: Revisionismus m

Greek: αναθεωρητισμός (el) m (anatheoritismós), ρεβιζιονισμός (el) m (revizionismós) Japanese: 修正主義 (しゅうせいしゅぎ, shūseishugi) Korean: 수정주의 (sujeongjuui) Polish: rewizjonizm m Portuguese: revisionismo (pt) m Russian: ревизиони́зм (ru) m (revizionízm) Spanish: revisionismo m

form of Marxism

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: revisionismi (fi) Russian: ревизиони́зм (ru) m (revizionízm)