revisionist history

collocation in English

meaningsofrevisionistandhistory

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revisionist
adjective
uk
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/us
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪst/
examining and trying to change existing beliefs about how events happened or what their importance or ...
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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofrevisionistandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Revisionisthistorycan also reveal the sheer absurdity of dictatorship, such as a death sentence unleashed on an eleven-year-old boy, or a detention order given for a two-year-old toddler.
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Sindima alludes to an especially urgent task forrevisionisthistorywhen he reflects on the scale of politically motivated detentions and persecutions.
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He wrote over twenty books on anarchist theory,revisionisthistory, economics, and other subjects.
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Adopting arevisionisthistorytactic, the company would claim that the title was created in 1997.
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The novel has been described as belonging to the genres ofrevisionisthistoryand feminist literature, and employs themes of gender, religion, and power.
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It may generate a much-needed movement to correctrevisionisthistory.
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Furthermore, some consider themrevisionisthistory, and discredit the entire effort made by both parties as illegitimate, unnecessary, fictional, and not consistent with contemporary accounts.
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He then eviscerates the work by calling itrevisionisthistorybased almost exclusively on the work of a largely discredited group of orientalists.
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The book earned many positive reviews and has been calledrevisionisthistoryof the best kind.
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Highly recommended to those who loverevisionisthistory, alien invasion films, and thrilling real life documentaries.
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In the light of recent events, authors have considerable scope for writing revisionist histories of the country.
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No excursions into critical theory mar the perfection of this narrative; psychological inquiry is evidently irrelevant, judging from its virtual absence; no revisionist histories are consulted.
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