historical revisionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_revisionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q874803 The re-interpretation of an historical account or accounts. Historical revisionism usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) views held by professional scholars about a historical event or time-span or phenomenon, introducing contrary evidence, or reinterpreting the motivations and decisions of the people involved. The revision of the historical record can reflect new discoveries of fact, evidence, and interpretation, which then results in revised history. In dramatic cases, revisionism involves a reversal of older moral judgments. revisionism historical ideology revisionism