Genocide denial

Genocide denial rejects, minimizes, or distorts established evidence that genocide occurred. It can challenge the event itself, its scale, perpetrators, intent, or victims.

Historical revisionism: The reinterpretation of historical accounts, which can be evidence-based or politically motivated. Genocide denial uses selective reinterpretation to make established events appear uncertain or exaggerated.
Armenian genocide denial: The rejection or minimization of the Ottoman Empire's mass deportation and killing of Armenians during World War I as genocide. It is a prominent case in which state narratives contest the established characterization of mass violence.
Transitional justice: Legal and social measures used by societies to address abuses committed during periods of conflict or repression. Denial can obstruct truth-seeking and weaken efforts to address past mass violence.
Genocide recognition: The acknowledgment that a particular episode of mass violence meets the definition of genocide. Recognition directly opposes denial, though disputes may concern legal classification or political acknowledgment.
Conspiracy theory: An explanation that attributes events to a secret plot by powerful actors. Denial narratives often recast documentary and scholarly agreement as a coordinated deception.
Holocaust denial: The rejection or minimization of Nazi Germany's systematic murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust. It is among the most studied forms of genocide denial and often relies on forged or misrepresented evidence.
Collective memory: The shared ways groups remember and interpret their past. Public denial can shape which experiences are recognized and transmitted across generations.
Genocide scholarship: Research that examines genocide through historical, legal, social, and comparative methods. Evidence-based scholarship tests claims against sources rather than dismissing established evidence to protect a narrative.
Disinformation: False or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive. Fabricated claims and misleading evidence can circulate as tools of genocide denial.
Rwandan genocide denial: The rejection or distortion of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Its competing narratives can obscure the targeted group, perpetrators, and course of the genocide.

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