Main Entry: re·vi·sion·ism

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈvi-zhə-ˌni-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1903

1 : a movement in revolutionary Marxian socialism favoring an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary spirit
2 : advocacy of revision (as of a doctrine or policy or in historical analysis)

— re·vi·sion·ist \-nist\ noun or adjective