revisionism
noun
- retelling a story with substantial alterations that change implications
- advocacy for change in an accepted theory
- concept in Marxism
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English vision English revision Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English revisionism From revision + -ism.
- 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.”
- An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles.