revisionist
Example Sentences
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“They’re basically asking you to participate in their revisionist history,” he says.
From Science Magazine
Walls certainly hasn’t, but in order to find out the author’s vision for how Sallie Kincaid will guide her community forward, you’ll have to read the author’s smart, energetic and cleverly revisionist novel for yourself.
From Los Angeles Times
But underneath them is an arresting struggle between old school and new school, not unlike the kind found in revisionist westerns, which wonderfully plays with the tropes of the genre.
From New York Times
The Australian actress Frances O’Connor makes a striking directorial debut with “Emily,” a provocative revisionist biography of the author Emily Brontë.
From Washington Post
Billed as a “feminist revenge comedy,” this workshop production, first developed online last October, succeeds at creating smart, lightly absurdist humor, but misses the mark in its attempt at a revisionist redemption.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
