noun
revisionism
Revisionism (noun) means Support for changing an idea, belief or account of past events that most people accept.
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1
Support for changing an idea, belief or account of past events that most people accept.
"Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist and the author of the popular newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist. She argues that we’ve entered a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic: “pandemic revisionism.”"
— Ezra Klein, It’s Time to Talk About ‘Pandemic Revisionism’ (2023)
"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."
— Stuart Jeffries, Terry Jones obituary (2020)
2
An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles.
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What is the meaning of revisionism?
"revisionism" (noun) means support for changing an idea, belief or account of past events that most people accept.
What are the different meanings of revisionism?
"revisionism" has 2 main meanings: 1. Support for changing an idea, belief or account of past events that most people accept; 2. An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles.
