revisionism

Definition

The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.

Etymology

From revision + -ism.

Example Sentences

• "Tories spent last week boldly whistling their unique brand of the kind of historical revisionism that has played a major part in getting us here."
• "As for Jones’s performance as Mandy Cohen, it united two leading facets of the funnyman’s repertoire: his fondness for female impersonation, and his passion for historical revisionism."
• "Meanwhile, Holocaust survivors are dying every day. There are few left to protest the new revisionism."