Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Advocacy of the revision of an accepted, usually long-standing view, theory, or doctrine, especially a revision of historical events and movements.
- n. A recurrent tendency within the Communist movement to revise Marxist theory in such a way as to provide justification for a retreat from the revolutionary to the reformist position.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. the advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events
- n. an evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism
- n. any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx
Etymologies
Examples
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Meanwhile, Pravda revived the term revisionism in criticism of Kardelj's failure to support the Soviet view of the Hungarian revolution (Yu.
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All the revisionism is for naught because the facts will come out.
Think Progress » Former government employee Dana Perino doesn’t trust the government.
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This particular line of revisionism is discredited with anyone who even wants to try and play the game. 9/11 truthers probably have more going for them than “land without a people, people without a land” fantacism. more in sadness Says:
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Wow, your comments Aaron P about the KLAN indicates that you didn't stay in school, or you were highly spoonfed some historical revisionism from a lib teacher!
Source: Joe Wilson racking up the dollars after 'you lie' comment
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Historical revisionism is one thing, but could Josef Stalin make a comeback in Russian popularity?
Your Daily Irony: A Godless Communist Canonized? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
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It seems as if revisionism is starting early on George W's place in history.
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It will be interesting to see how China, a country rich in historical revisionism aka "If we say it, it is true" will react in a world where the individual has a choice whether or not to buy things that are Made in China.
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The origin of the particular word revisionism is historically linked with German Social Democracy before 1914 and this is where any discussion must start.
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Ms. Brown uses Lincoln as an example, and unfortunately, given these days of Internet revisionism, that is perhaps not an overwhelming example.
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We could discuss the odd use of the phrase "past two decades" to describe historical revisionism, which is a century old and has wreaked havoc on church bodies that used to be so important they were called mainline.
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