Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - revisionist

(revisionists) 1. If you describe a person or their views as revisionist, you mean that they reject traditionally held beliefs about a particular historical event or events. (FORMAL) ...the revisionist interpretation of the French Revolution. ADJ • A revisionist is a person who has revisionist views. (FORMAL) The reputation of the navigator is under assault from historical revisionists. N-COUNT 2. If a socialist describes another socialist’s actions or opinions as revisionist, they mean that they are unacceptable because they are more moderate than normal Marxist theory allows. (FORMAL) This revisionist thesis departs even further from Marxist assertions. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • A revisionist is a person who has revisionist views. (FORMAL) ...ferocious infighting between Stalinist hardliners and revisionists. N-COUNT