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 memorials warned that fake content was also being created "specifically to dilute historical facts, shift victim and perpetrator roles, or spread revisionist narratives".
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
The result is a monumental revisionist work that will alter views on slavery inside and outside the Islamic world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
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 • Jun. 19, 2025
This year marks its 21st anniversary on Broadway, and the touring version has consistently crisscrossed the country since its earliest days, thrilling audiences with its revisionist version of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.”
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024
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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