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 author’s historical range is formidable, with details giving what might have been a dry revisionist argument the texture of lively narrative history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
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
More disruption is coming as the accelerating tech revolution transforms our economies and external challengers press ahead with their revisionist projects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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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