revisionist

revision +‎ -ist

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/

revisionist (comparative more revisionist, superlative most revisionist)

1. Of or pertaining to revisionism
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎:

     [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.

revisionist (plural revisionists)

1. A proponent of revisionism

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revisionist m or f (plural revisionisten, diminutive revisionistje n)

1. a revisionist

• revisionistisch

• revisionisme