revisionist
Americannoun
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an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.
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a reviser.
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any advocate of doctrines, theories, or practices that depart from established authority or doctrine.
adjective
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of or relating to revisionists or revisionism.
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attempting to reevaluate and restate the past based on newly acquired standards.
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The exhibition also introduces some valuable scholarship, but its art seems to have been chosen to serve not Klee but its revisionist thesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“The untruths, mischaracterizations, and revisionist history in your email paint a completely misleading narrative,” Shotwell told the Journal in a statement in 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
While I don’t suspect “The Bride!” will be met with this same revisionist praise later in its life, there is something remarkable about the dual “aggravation” of expectations that Gyllenhaal and Shelley’s works share.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
This was revisionist history, of course; the representations by the three scientists during their White House meeting the previous June were what had prompted Eisenhower to question publicly the wisdom of a test ban.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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