revisionist

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Scrabble points
14
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16
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/

Definition of revisionist

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to revisionism.
    “The revolutionary committee of Changtien commune, Kuantien County, Liaoning Province, has led the commune members to earnestly study Chairman Mao's works and criticize revisionist theories advocated by Liu Shao-chi.”
    “Wang interjected: "We are preparing large exhibitions of art done by workers, peasants and soldiers in cooperation with the art teachers and students. Among them is one popular work entitled 'Never Stop Struggling as Long as You Are Alive.' It is a painting depicting the story of our heroic soldiers fighting the Soviet revisionist troops when they invaded Chen Pao Island on our frontier. Yes," Wang said enthusiastically, "a new upsurge in art is taking form."”
    “The experience of the party committee of the No 2 department store of Kuantien County has shown that workers must be ideologically armed with the party's basic line if political work is to be effective in completely eliminating interference from the revisionist line, in resisting the influence of capitalist ideas in commercial work, and in enabling enterprises to firmly adhere to the socialist orientation.”
    “[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.”
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to revisionism.
    “The revolutionary committee of Changtien commune, Kuantien County, Liaoning Province, has led the commune members to earnestly study Chairman Mao's works and criticize revisionist theories advocated by Liu Shao-chi.”
    “Wang interjected: "We are preparing large exhibitions of art done by workers, peasants and soldiers in cooperation with the art teachers and students. Among them is one popular work entitled 'Never Stop Struggling as Long as You Are Alive.' It is a painting depicting the story of our heroic soldiers fighting the Soviet revisionist troops when they invaded Chen Pao Island on our frontier. Yes," Wang said enthusiastically, "a new upsurge in art is taking form."”
    “The experience of the party committee of the No 2 department store of Kuantien County has shown that workers must be ideologically armed with the party's basic line if political work is to be effective in completely eliminating interference from the revisionist line, in resisting the influence of capitalist ideas in commercial work, and in enabling enterprises to firmly adhere to the socialist orientation.”
    “[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.”

noun

  1. A proponent of revisionism.

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Etymology

From revision + -ist.

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