revisionism

Some of them try to twist Watergate and write a story of bogus revisionism.
What the Archives Say About Nixon|Scott Porch|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Certainly, we have had an upward revisionism of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan.
Will the Tapes That Destroyed Nixon Help Rehabilitate His Image?|Scott Porch|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How far the Kremlin intends to go with its rock and roll revisionism no one seems able to predict.
The Kremlin's Rock 'n Roll Revisionism|Anna Nemtsova|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I don't go in for this O'Connor revisionism, just because she's not as out there as some of her successors.
Now She Tells Us|Michael Tomasky|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And what would an enterprise featuring Ron Paul be without a little Civil War revisionism?
The Ron Paul Institute: Be Afraid, Very Afraid|James Kirchick|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for revisionism

revisionism

/ (rɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm) /

noun

(sometimes capital)

a moderate, nonrevolutionary version of Marxism developed in Germany around 1900
(in Marxist-Leninist ideology) any dangerous departure from the true interpretation of Marx's teachings

the advocacy of revision of some political theory, religious doctrine, historical or critical interpretation, etc

(usually capital) an ultra-nationalist form of Zionism that arose in Palestine in the 1940s

Derived forms of revisionism

revisionist, noun, adjective

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