revisionism
noun
re·vi·sion·ism
ri-ˈvi-zhə-ˌni-zəm 
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)
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Russian revisionism The post-Soviet rehabilitation of Ivan the Terrible goes back to the writings of Ivan Snychov, the metropolitan, or high ranking bishop, of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga.
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Dina Khapaeva, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Through the years that followed, the commission was subjected to a steady stream of revisionism and rebuttal, carried out first by journalists and politicians and later, perhaps more decisively, by novelists and filmmakers.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
These countries may underestimate the risks of accepting Russian revisionism, which could lead not to stability but to a wider war.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Five years since large-scale public reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic began, historical revisionism is afoot.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 30 Mar. 2025
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Dina Khapaeva, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Through the years that followed, the commission was subjected to a steady stream of revisionism and rebuttal, carried out first by journalists and politicians and later, perhaps more decisively, by novelists and filmmakers.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
These countries may underestimate the risks of accepting Russian revisionism, which could lead not to stability but to a wider war.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Five years since large-scale public reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic began, historical revisionism is afoot.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Revisionism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revisionism. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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