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Historical revisionism (view source)
Revision as of 16:20, November 23, 2015
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'''Historical revisionism''' involves either the illegitimate distortion of the historical record or a careful and more objective re-examination of the historical data about a historical event or events.
'''Historical revisionism''' involves either the illegitimate distortion of the historical record or a careful and more objective re-examination of the historical data about a historical event or events.
Those who engage in denialism often pose as historical revisionists in order to cloak their motivations.
Those who engage in denialism often pose as historical revisionists in order to cloak their motivations. A term for engaging in denialism when reporting false histories is the term historical negationism. For example, [[Holocaust]] deniers engage in historical negationism.
A term for engaging in denialism when reporting false histories is the term historical negationism. For example, [[Holocaust]] deniers engage in historical negationism.
[[Category: History]]
[[Category: History]]