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- [ri-vizh-uh-nist]
- /rɪˈvɪʒ ə nɪst/
- /rɪˈvɪʒ.ən.ɪ.zəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-vizh-uh-nist]
- /rɪˈvɪʒ ə nɪst/
Definitions of revisionist word
- noun revisionist an advocate of revision, especially of some political or religious doctrine. 1
- noun revisionist a reviser. 1
- noun revisionist any advocate of doctrines, theories, or practices that depart from established authority or doctrine. 1
- adjective revisionist of or relating to revisionists or revisionism. 1
- adjective revisionist attempting to reevaluate and restate the past based on newly acquired standards. 1
- adjective revisionist revising history 1
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Origin of revisionist
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; revision + -ist
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Parts of speech for Revisionist
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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revisionist popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
revisionist usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for revisionist
noun revisionist
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- inciter — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- leftist — a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
adj revisionist
- deconstructionist — a philosophical and critical movement, starting in the 1960s and especially applied to the study of literature, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality and emphasizes that a text has no stable reference or identification because words essentially only refer to other words and therefore a reader must approach a text by eliminating any metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions through an active role of defining meaning, sometimes by a reliance on new word construction, etymology, puns, and other word play.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
adjective revisionist
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- debunking — to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- dissenting — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- dissentive — (obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent.
Antonyms for revisionist
noun revisionist
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
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