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 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

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

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

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