revisionist

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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

The result is a monumental revisionist work that will alter views on slavery inside and outside the Islamic world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Although posing a revisionist challenge to “The Crucible,” “John Proctor” received the blessing of the Arthur Miller estate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

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