Revisionism may refer to: *

Historical revisionism In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account. It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) scholarly views or narratives regarding a historical event, timespa ...

, the critical re-examination of presumed historical facts and existing historiography ** The "revisionists" school of thought in Soviet and Communist studies, as opposed to the Cold War "traditionalists" school **

Historical negationism Historical negationism, also called historical denialism, is falsification or distortion of the historical record. This is not the same as '' historical revisionism'', a broader term that extends to newly evidenced, fairly reasoned academic rein ...

, concerted denial of claims accepted by mainstream historians, may purport to be historical revisionism but its methodologies have no basis in historiography/profession of history ** Revisionist school of Islamic studies, which questions whether the traditional accounts about Islam's early times are reliable historical sources *

Fictional revisionism In literature, revisionism is the retelling of a conventional or established narrative with significant variations which deliberately "revise" the view shown in the original work. For example, the 1883 children's book ''The Merry Adventures of Ro ...

, the retelling of a story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to "revise" the view shown in the original work *

Marxist revisionism In Marxist philosophy, revisionism, otherwise known as Marxist reformism, represents various ideas, principles, and theories that are based on a reform or revision of Marxism. According to their critics, this involves a significant revision of ...

, a pejorative term used by some Marxists to describe ideas based on a ''revision'' of fundamental Marxist premises *

Revisionism (Ireland) Revisionism in Irish historiography refers to a historical revisionist tendency and group of historians who are critical of the orthodox view of Irish history since the achievement of partial Irish Free State, Irish independence, which comes from t ...

, an issue in Irish historiography *

Revisionism (Spain) Revisionism is a term which emerged in the late 1990s and is applied to a group of Historiography, historiographic theories related to the recent history of Spain. They are supposedly held together by posing a challenge to what is presented as a g ...

, a derogatory term used in Spanish historiographic debate * Revisionism theory, another word for reformism *

Revisionist Zionism Revisionist Zionism is a form of Zionism characterized by territorial maximalism. Revisionist Zionism promoted expansionism and the establishment of a Jewish majority on both sides of the Jordan River. Developed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in the 1920s ...

, a nationalist faction within the Zionist movement * Territorial revisionism, a euphemism for

revanchism Revanchism (, from ''revanche'', "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement. As a term, ''revanchism'' originated i ...

irredentism Irredentism () is one State (polity), state's desire to Annexation, annex the territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by Ethnicity, ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to or the same as the ...

* The reevaluation of one's experiences with a

hindsight bias Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they were. After an event has occurred, people often believe ...

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