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revisionist

[ri-vizh-uh-nist] / rɪˈvɪʒ ə nɪst /
ADJECTIVE
deconstructionist
Synonyms
WEAK
critical debunking demystifying demythifying hermeneutical reinterpreting
ADJECTIVE
heretical
Synonyms
WEAK
agnostic apostate atheistic differing disagreeing dissenting dissentive dissident freethinking heterodox iconoclastic idolatrous impious infidel misbelieving miscreant nonconformist schismatic sectarian skeptical unbelieving
Antonyms
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orthodox
NOUN
agitator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anarchist demagogue firebrand malcontent propagandist protestor radical troublemaker zealot
STRONG
dissident dogmatist fighter fomenter incendiary inciter instigator mover partisan provocateur rabble-rouser rebel revolutionary ringleader
WEAK
disrupter sparkplug wave maker
Antonyms
STRONGEST
moderate
NOUN
inciter
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STRONG
advocate agent anarchist champion demagogue dissident fighter firebrand fomenter heretic incendiary instigator leftist malcontent mover partisan propagandist provocateur pusher rabble-rouser radical reactionary rebel reformer revolutionary ringleader troublemaker zealot
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disrupter sparkplug wave maker
Antonyms
STRONG
moderate peacemaker
NOUN
schismatic
Synonyms
WEAK
apostate dissenter dissident freethinker heretic iconoclast infidel miscreant nonconformist sectarian sectary separationist skeptic unbeliever
NOUN
sectary
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STRONG
apostate dissenter dissident freethinker heretic iconoclast infidel miscreant nonconformist sectarian separationist skeptic unbeliever
WEAK
schismatic
NOUN
separationist
Synonyms
STRONG
apostate dissenter dissident freethinker heretic iconoclast infidel miscreant nonconformist sectarian sectary skeptic unbeliever
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schismatic

Example Sentences

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The memorials warned that fake content was also being created "specifically to dilute historical facts, shift victim and perpetrator roles, or spread revisionist narratives".

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

More disruption is coming as the accelerating tech revolution transforms our economies and external challengers press ahead with their revisionist projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

I'm sure he has a revisionist history viewpoint there, but he thinks, “I'm going to have a friend now” and then when that's taken away from him, he's pretty crushed.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

This revisionist history reached its apotheosis with a 2007 essay collection edited by the historians Kenneth T. Jackson and Hilary Ballon.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

This was revisionist history, of course; the representations by the three scientists during their White House meeting the previous June were what had prompted Eisenhower to question publicly the wisdom of a test ban.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik