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re⋅vi⋅sion⋅ism

  [ri-vizh-uh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
1. advocacy or approval of revision.
2. any departure from Marxist doctrine, theory, or practice, esp. the tendency to favor reform above revolutionary change.
3. a departure from any authoritative or generally accepted doctrine, theory, practice, etc.
Origin:
1900–05; revision + -ism
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re·vi·sion·ism   (rĭ-vĭzh'ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. Advocacy of the revision of an accepted, usually long-standing view, theory, or doctrine, especially a revision of historical events and movements.
  2. A recurrent tendency within the Communist movement to revise Marxist theory in such a way as to provide justification for a retreat from the revolutionary to the reformist position.
re·vi'sion·ist adj. & n.
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