revisionist

American  

[ri-vizh-uh-nist] / rɪˈvɪʒ ə nɪst /

noun

1. an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine.

2. a reviser.

3. any advocate of doctrines, theories, or practices that depart from established authority or doctrine.

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adjective

1. of or relating to revisionists or revisionism.

2. attempting to reevaluate and restate the past based on newly acquired standards.

Other Word Forms

• antirevisionist noun

Etymology

Origin of revisionist

First recorded in 1860–65; revision + -ist

Example Sentences

The result is a monumental revisionist work that will alter views on slavery inside and outside the Islamic world.

From The Wall Street Journal

In fact, a Confederate journalist by the name of Edward A. Pollard began working on a revisionist history book that painted the South as noble and slavery as unimportant to their way of life.

From Los Angeles Times

Although posing a revisionist challenge to “The Crucible,” “John Proctor” received the blessing of the Arthur Miller estate.

From Los Angeles Times

One episode opens with a black-and-white low-budget revisionist movie western — titled “The Long Road Home,” after this series’ own theme — in which Harrison winds up as an extra.

From Los Angeles Times

The Washington Post said she “embodied the Quiet Storm a full decade before it became a successful radio format” and NPR credited her with being one of the “prime revisionists of the American songbook.”

From Los Angeles Times

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