revisionism

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In a statement, organisers of the rallies decried the "violence, historical revisionism, and intimidation" of the past months, as the crowds marched with banners and signs.

From Barron's

What, after all, were a bunch of naïve teenagers doing in this surreal, existential tragicomedy by the author of “Our Town,” with its mash-up of biblical revisionism, theatrical satire and apocalyptic escapades?

From New York Times

He called Putin’s recent speech about Ukraine a “tour de force of historical revisionism … focused on shoring up support, or at least making a show of shoring up support, to the Russian people.”

From Los Angeles Times

Here Mr. Putin extends his historical revisionism into an indictment of modern Ukraine.

From New York Times

But Massie’s, er, Enlightenment is a footnote compared with the historical revisionism Republican governors are attempting.

From Washington Post