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revisionism  

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  • Revisionism can refer to broad movements within the study of history that seek to reinterpret the past or to one of a series of ideological movements within Marxism. Revisionist historians have challenged accepted narratives of past events in order to overcome subjectivity and to account for newly discovered, or long hidden, sources. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Revisionism]

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