Within the
Marxist movement, the word
revisionism is used to refer to various ideas, principles and theories that are based on a significant
revision of fundamental Marxist premises. The term is most often used by those Marxists who believe that such revisions are unwarranted and represent a "watering down" or abandonment of Marxism. As such,
revisionism often carries
pejorative connotations and the term has been used by many different factions. Those identified as "revisionists" have been criticized by
"orthodox" Marxism for: putting forward a peaceful road to socialism; for the Trotskyite view of
permanent revolution; for placing emphasis on the role of
democracy in achieving socialism; as well for as joining
Kautsky and his idea of
state socialism.