Noun: revisionism ri'vi-zhu,ni-zum
- Any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx
"Hardline communists accused the reformers of revisionism"
- A moderate evolutionary form of Marxism
"Some political theorists argue that revisionism is a necessary adaptation of Marxist thought to modern conditions"
- Advocacy of some previously accepted ideas or beliefs, esp. in a way that seems to dishonestly ignore key facts or more recent developments
"His historical revisionism downplayed the atrocities committed during the war"
Derived forms: revisionisms
Type of: Bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism
Encyclopedia: Revisionism