revisionist
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7.9
- noun
- /rɪˈvɪʒənɪst/
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revisionista
- Even today, the bulk of our art museums are headed by directors for whom revisionist ideas are the norm.
- revisionist historian
- revisionist history
- revisionist interpretation
Examples
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Traditionalist theologians support and defend these norms as absolute; revisionist theologians question the absolute status of these norms.
Academic text (2008) -
The critic of this view is always a revisionist who works on his culture from within.
Academic text (1991) -
And while they do this, check it out a push forward revisionist history.
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And the powers that become the revisionist powers, almost all were on the losing side.
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- This is demonstrably revisionist.
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In one sentence, I had thus succeeded in getting the essence of the revisionist case into the public domain.
Academic text (1993) -
Soon historians, called revisionists, argued in support of that position.
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The first implied a struggle for political democracy and was championed by the revisionist Social Democrats.
Academic text (1992) -
Art historian Carol Duncan describes the layout of the ideal revisionist museum:
Academic text (1999) -
The historian wrote a book as a revisionist, arguing that the events were misinterpreted in previous accounts.
Synonyms
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9.6
A person who strongly criticizes common beliefs or institutions
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6.1
A person who wants to change political or social systems
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7.2
A person who wants to change and improve old beliefs and social institutions
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9.9
A person who disagrees with their political party's official views
A person who argues for changing accepted ideas or views
A person who questions or opposes long-held beliefs and traditions
A person who says no to an idea or decision
Antonyms
How Reformist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word revisionist comes from revise, which means 'to look again' or 'change' and has the same root as vision ('see'). So a revisionist is someone who 'looks again' at accepted ideas and wants to change them, especially in history or politics.