REVISIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revisionism mean? 

• REVISIONISM (noun)
  The noun REVISIONISM has 2 senses:

1. any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

2. a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism

  Familiarity information: REVISIONISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVISIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("revisionism" is a kind of...):

Bolshevism; collectivism; sovietism (Soviet communism)

Derivation:

revisionist (a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A moderate evolutionary form of Marxism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("revisionism" is a kind of...):

Bolshevism; collectivism; sovietism (Soviet communism)

Derivation:

revisionist (a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position)