noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/
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noun
Meaning 1
The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English vision English revision Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English revisionism From revision + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
revizionizëm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Arabic:
تَعْدِيلِيَّة
(taʕdīliyya)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Armenian:
ռեւիզիոնիզմ
(ṙewizionizm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Azerbaijani:
revizionizm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Belarusian:
рэвізіяні́зм
(revizijanízm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Bulgarian:
ревизиони́зъм
(revizionízǎm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Catalan:
revisionisme
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Chinese Mandarin:
修正主義 /修正主义
(xiūzhèngzhǔyì)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Czech:
revizionismus
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Danish:
revisionisme
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Dutch:
revisionisme
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Estonian:
revisionism
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Finnish:
revisionismi
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Finnish:
uudistusmielisyys
— advocacy of a revision of some view
French:
révisionnisme
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Galician:
revisionismo
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Georgian:
რევიზიონიზმი
(revizionizmi)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
German:
Revisionismus
— advocacy of a revision of some view
German:
Geschichtsrevisionismus
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Greek:
αναθεωρητισμός
(anatheoritismós)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Greek:
ρεβιζιονισμός
(revizionismós)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Hungarian:
revizionizmus
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Italian:
revisionismo
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Japanese:
修正主義
(shūseishugi)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Kazakh:
ревизионизм
(revizionizm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Korean:
수정주의
(sujeongjuui)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Kyrgyz:
ревизионизм
(revizionizm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Latvian:
revizionisms
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Lithuanian:
revizionizmas
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Macedonian:
ревизиони́зам
(revizionízam)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Norwegian Bokmål:
revisjonisme
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Persian:
بازبینی
(bâzbini)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Persian:
تجدیدنظرطلبی
(tajdid-nazar-talabi)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Polish:
rewizjonizm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Portuguese:
revisionismo
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Romanian:
revizionism
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Russian:
ревизиони́зм
(revizionízm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Serbo-Croatian:
ревизионѝзам
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Serbo-Croatian:
revizionìzam
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Slovak:
revizionizmus
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Slovene:
revizionizem
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Spanish:
revisionismo
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Swedish:
revisionism
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Tagalog:
rebisyonismo
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Tajik:
ревизионизм
(revizionizm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Turkish:
revizyonizm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Turkmen:
rewizionizm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Ukrainian:
ревізіоні́зм
(revizionízm)
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Uzbek:
revizionizm
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa xét lại
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Welsh:
adolygiaeth
— advocacy of a revision of some view
Armenian:
ռեւիզիոնիզմ
(ṙewizionizm)
— form of Marxism
Chinese Mandarin:
修正主義 /修正主义
(xiūzhèngzhǔyì)
— form of Marxism
Finnish:
revisionismi
— form of Marxism
French:
révisionnisme
— form of Marxism
Indonesian:
revisionisme
— form of Marxism
Kazakh:
ревизионизм
(revizionizm)
— form of Marxism
Kyrgyz:
ревизионизм
(revizionizm)
— form of Marxism
Malay:
revisionisme
— form of Marxism
Russian:
ревизиони́зм
(revizionízm)
— form of Marxism
