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revisionist

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re⋅vi⋅sion⋅ist

  [ri-vizh-uh-nist]
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–noun
1. an advocate of revision, esp. of some political or religious doctrine.
2. a reviser.
3. any advocate of doctrines, theories, or practices that depart from established authority or doctrine.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to revisionists or revisionism.
5. attempting to reevaluate and restate the past based on newly acquired standards.
Origin:
1860–65; revision + -ist
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re·vi·sion·ism   (rĭ-vĭzh'ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. Advocacy of the revision of an accepted, usually long-standing view, theory, or doctrine, especially a revision of historical events and movements.

  2. A recurrent tendency within the Communist movement to revise Marxist theory in such a way as to provide justification for a retreat from the revolutionary to the reformist position.

re·vi'sion·ist adj. & n.
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