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) views held by professional scholars about a historical event or times ...

, 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, 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 *

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 independence, which comes from the perspective o ...

, an issue in Irish historiography * Revisionism (Spain), a derogatory term used in Spanish historiographic debate *

Revisionist Zionism Revisionist Zionism is an ideology developed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who advocated a "revision" of the "practical Zionism" of David Ben-Gurion and Chaim Weizmann which was focused on the settling of ''Eretz Yisrael'' (Land of Israel) by independent ...

, a nationalist faction within the Zionist movement * Marxist revisionism, a pejorative term used by some Marxists to describe ideas based on a ''revision'' of fundamental Marxist premises * Fictional revisionism, the retelling of a story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to "revise" the view shown in the original work * Territorial revisionism, a euphemism for revanchism or irredentism *

Revisionism theory Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can eve ...

, another word for reformism * The reevaluation of one's experiences with a hindsight bias

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