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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
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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
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STRONG
moderate peacemaker
NOUN
schismatic
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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
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schismatic
NOUN
separationist
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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

Taking his cue from Richard Hofstadter, an influential 20th-century American historian and Roosevelt revisionist, Mr. Brown hews largely to contrary opinions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

One episode opens with a black-and-white low-budget revisionist movie western — titled “The Long Road Home,” after this series’ own theme — in which Harrison winds up as an extra.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

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

“Nailed it. Either that or I failed horribly. Could go either way, based on subjectivity and revisionist history,” Sean murmured.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan