syllabusturn
/ˈsɪləbəsˌtɜːn/nounVerified NewThe periodic rewriting of school history to match each new distribution of power.
The chapters change hands with the ministries; grandparents' textbooks become contraband of a sort. Children can date the regime by the chapter titles.
Etym. — syllabus + turn; the turnstile of official memory.
Rel. — syllabuscliff
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