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revisionist

/ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/

revisionist adjective: of or pertaining to revisionism.

Adjective

revisionist (comparative more revisionist, superlative most revisionist)

  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.1971 April 26 [1971 April 17], “Take Grain As Key Link and Insure All-Round Development--Correctly Handle Relationship Between Gain and Cocoon Production and Vigorously Develop Sericulture”, in Daily...
    • 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...1972, Seymour Topping, Journey Between Two Chinas, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317

Noun

revisionist (plural revisionists)

  1. A proponent of revisionism.
    • Later on, when he had loosened up considerably, he told an amusing story that he said took place during a Sino-Soviet border flare-up in 1969. "We had a hot line between the Soviet Union and ourselves then," he said, "but it had already become cold because the Kremlin never used it. At the time of...1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 568

Examples of revisionist in a sentence

  • What the revisionists have done, Milton Friedman included, is provide ideological cover for a moribund political party.
  • The East European satellite states, Cuba and Outer Mongolia are petty revisionists.
  • It was advanced by the revisionists at the very dawn of imperialism.

All 14 example sentences with revisionist

Forms of revisionist

Adjective
comparativemore revisionist
superlativemost revisionist
Noun
pluralrevisionists

Origin of revisionist

From revision + -ist.

Words formed from revisionist

Phrases with revisionist

Questions about revisionist

What does revisionist mean?
Revisionist means of or pertaining to revisionism.
What part of speech is revisionist?
Revisionist can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce revisionist?
Revisionist is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/.

Words near revisionist in the dictionary

  1. revisioned
  2. revisioning
  3. revisionings
  4. revisionism
  5. revisionisms
  6. revisionist
  7. Revisionist Maximalism
  8. Revisionist Zionism
  9. revisionistic
  10. revisionistically
  11. revisionists

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