revisionism
Changing accepted narratives
Revisionism is the practice of reexamining and reinterpreting established views, particularly in history or political ideology.
The term often carries negative connotations, suggesting that someone is distorting accepted facts to serve a particular agenda: Holocaust revisionism is a form of antisemitic denial.
In Marxist contexts, revisionism refers to attempts to modify orthodox doctrine, typically by advocating for gradual reform rather than revolution.
A revisionist is someone who engages in such reinterpretation.
Study of history-writing
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- distortionTwisting from original state
- denialismRejection of established facts
anachronism · orientalism · postcolonialism · rewriting · falsification · propaganda · manipulation · narrative
New understanding of something
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- reevaluationJudging something anew
- reexaminationInspecting something once more
- reconsiderationRenewed evaluation of something
recontextualization · reframing · perspective · rethinking · critique · analysis · scholarship · methodology
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
orthodoxy · heresy · deviation · reformism · dogma · ideology · doctrine · dialectic
Aggressive argumentative discourse
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- criticismJudgment of faults
- backlashStrong negative reaction
dissent · objection · disagreement · opposition · condemnation · debate · challenge · refutation
historiography
Study of history-writing
- reinterpretationNew understanding of something
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- distortionTwisting from original state
denialism · anachronism · orientalism · postcolonialism · rewriting · falsification · propaganda · manipulation · narrative · Holocaust denial
reinterpretation
New understanding of something
- reassessmentRenewed evaluation of something
- reevaluationJudging something anew
- reexaminationInspecting something once more
reconsideration · recontextualization · reframing · perspective · rethinking · critique · analysis · scholarship · methodology · paradigm
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
Trotskyism · orthodoxy · heresy · deviation · reformism · dogma · ideology · doctrine · dialectic · socialism
polemic
Aggressive argumentative discourse
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- criticismJudgment of faults
backlash · dissent · objection · disagreement · opposition · condemnation · debate · challenge · refutation · counterargument
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- socialismMarxism, communism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership
- leftismMarxism, socialism, communism, leftist, socialist
- literary influenceliterary influence, imitation, inspiration, allusion, homage
- propagandapropaganda, brainwashing, disinformation, misinformation, indoctrination
- self-deceptiondenial, delusion, wishful thinking, rationalization, willful blindness
revisionismtraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
conservatism · official history · conformism · received wisdom · conventionalism
revisionismorthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
fundamentalism · dogmatism · ideological purity · originalism · doctrinal purity
- revisionist historyDistorted account of past events
- historical revisionismReinterpreting accepted past narratives