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Political theory derived from Marxism that
moderates one or more of the basic tenets of
Marx, and is hence condemned by orthodox
Marxists. The first noted Marxist revisionist
was Eduard Bernstein, who in Germany in the
1890s questioned the inevitability of a
breakdown in capitalism. After World War II
the term became widely used by established
Communist parties, both in E Europe and Asia,
to condemn movements (whether more or less
radical) that threatened the official party
policy.