revisionist
/rɪˈvɪʒənɪst/
noun
- A person who revises or reinterprets established historical or political views, often in a controversial way.
- The revisionist argued that the war was not caused by the country most people blame.
- Many revisionists have challenged the traditional story of the nation's founding.
- She is known as a revisionist because she questions widely accepted historical facts.
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adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of revisionism; reinterpreting established views.
- The article took a revisionist stance on the causes of the economic crisis.
- The revisionist historian published a book that sparked a lot of debate.
- His revisionist approach to the civil rights movement upset some scholars.