Historical revisionism

In academic sense, historical revisionism refers to the re-interpretation of historical records. Historical revisionism usually presents itself as the rejection of mainstream narratives of past events. 

  Such rejection may involve showing perceived counter-evidence and/or questioning the motives of those involved. Nowadays, historical revisionism tends to have a negative meaning because it is often associated with extremist ideologies like Neo-Nazism.

Overview
Pseudohistory

Some engage in historical revisionism to deny genocides (e.g. the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide or the Cambodian genocide) and spread hatred towards some ethnic groups, 



  which can have a dangerous impact on society. Such revisionist history is seen as a form of conspiracy theory, sometimes called pseudohistory.

Revisionists

Those promoting pseudohistory are called historical revisionists, or simply revisionists. Some call them distortionists as well.

Other examples
9/11 conspiracy theories
Moon landing conspiracy theories
John F. Kennedy's assassination conspiracy theories
Illuminati and Freemasonry-related conspiracy theories
Diana, Princess of Wales' death-related conspiracy theories
Khazar myth
Irish slaves myth

Related pages

 Vichy syndrome
 Polish Memory Law
 Holocaust uniqueness debate

Footnotes

References

Category:Antisemitism
Category:Disinformation
Category:Historical studies
Category:Historiography