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.[1]

     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／修正主义 (zh) (xiūzhèng zhǔyì), 修正主义 (zh) (xiūzhèngzhǔyì)

• Czech: revizionismus m
• Dutch: revisionisme (nl) n
• Finnish: revisionismi (fi), uudistusmielisyys
• French: révisionnisme (fr) m
• Galician: revisionismo m
• German: Revisionismus m
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• Greek: αναθεωρητισμός (el) m (anatheoritismós), ρεβιζιονισμός (el) m (revizionismós)
• Italian: revisionismo (it) m
• 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

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