revisionist
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/us/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/someone whoexaminesandtriestochangeexistingbeliefsabout howeventshappenedor whattheirimportanceormeaningis:
修正主义者revisionists within theCommunistParty共产党内的修正派
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revisionism
- Some revisionistsarguetheinscriptioncould bereadas a place-name.
- But revisionistscontendthat most of thosebattleswere his tolose, given thetechnicalsuperiorityof thearmyhecommanded.
- UK Throughout mypoliticallife, I have been aLabourrevisionist or, as it is now called, a moderniser.
- The revisionistsembracedtheprimacyofsocioeconomicforcesin the 1970s and 1980s just astheirreductionistdangerswerebecomingclearin thestudyofWesternrevolutions.
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- libertine
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving
- unconverted
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History - general words
revisionist
adjective
uk/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/us/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/examiningandtryingtochangeexistingbeliefsabout howeventshappenedor whattheirimportanceormeaningis:
revisionisthistorians
revisionistbiographiesofSovietleaders
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revisionism
- Althoughadvertisedas revisionist, thebookis notsignificantlyre-interpretive.
- Thephenomenonischeeredby Reaganites as anoverduetribute, though someacademicsseeit as revisionisthistorytakingitscourse.
- Thisbookis not revisionist. Instead, it's afascinatingrecycling.
- Like-mindedacademicsandjournalistshavepushedforwarda revisionistviewof Japan'swartimehistory.
History - general words
- a page in/of historyidiom
- Age of Exploration
- age of sail
- alternative history
- annal
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- digital age
- heritage
- histographer
- historic
- historical
- historically
- historiographer
- history
- legacy
- modern
- non-historical
- oral tradition
- the Agrarian Revolution