"revisionist" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/ Forms: more revisionist [comparative], most revisionist [superlative]
Etymology: From revision + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|revision|ist}} revision + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} revisionist (comparative more revisionist, superlative most revisionist)
  1. Of or pertaining to revisionism. Related terms: revisionary, revisitant Translations (of or pertaining to revisionism): рэвізіяні́сцкі (revizijaníscki) (Belarusian), ревизионисти́чен (revizionistíčen) (Bulgarian), revisionista (Catalan), revisionistinen (Finnish), révisionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), revisionista (Galician), revisionistisch (German), revisionista (Italian), revisionista (Portuguese), revizionist (Romanian), ревизиони́стский (revizionístskij) (Russian), revisionista (Spanish), revisionistisk (Swedish), ревізіоні́стський (revizionístsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: counter-revisionist

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/ Forms: revisionists [plural]
Etymology: From revision + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|revision|ist}} revision + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} revisionist (plural revisionists)
  1. A proponent of revisionism. Derived forms: antirevisionist Translations (proponent of revisionism): рэвізіяні́ст (revizijaníst) [masculine] (Belarusian), рэвізіяні́стка (revizijanístka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ревизиони́ст (revizioníst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ревизиони́стка (revizionístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), revisionista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 修正主義者 /修正主义者 (xiūzhèngzhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), revisionisti (Finnish), révisionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), revisionista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Revisionist [masculine] (German), revisionista (Italian), 歴史修正主義者 (rekishi shūseishugisha) (alt: れきししゅうせいしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), リビジョニスト (ribijonisuto) (Japanese), rewizjonista [masculine] (Polish), rewizjonistka [feminine] (Polish), revisionista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), revizionist [masculine] (Romanian), revizionistă [feminine] (Romanian), ревизиони́ст (revizioníst) [masculine] (Russian), ревизиони́стка (revizionístka) [feminine] (Russian), revisionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), revisionist (Swedish), ревізіоні́ст (revizioníst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ревізіоні́стка (revizionístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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Derived forms: counter-revisionist

Inflected forms

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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "revizijaníscki",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "рэвізіяні́сцкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "revizionistíčen",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "ревизионисти́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "révisionniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revizionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "revizionístskij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "ревизиони́стский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "revisionistisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "revizionístsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to revisionism",
      "word": "ревізіоні́стський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revisionist"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ist",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antirevisionist"
    },
    {
      "word": "counter-revisionist"
    }
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        "2": "revision",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "revision + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From revision + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "revisionists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "revisionist (plural revisionists)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 568:",
          "text": "Later on, when he had loosened up considerably, he told an amusing story that he said took place during a Sino-Soviet border flare-up in 1969. \"We had a hot line between the Soviet Union and ourselves then,\" he said, \"but it had already become cold because the Kremlin never used it. At the time of the Chen Pao border incident, however, Kosygin picked it up and called us. When our operator answered, he said, 'This is Premier Kosygin. I would like to speak to Chairman Mao.' The operator, completely on his own, said, 'You are a revisionist, and therefore I will not connect you.' So Kosygin said, 'Well, if you will not try to reach the Chairman, will you please connect me with Prime Minister Chou.' But the operator gave the same unauthorized reply and broke the connection.\"",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A proponent of revisionism."
      ],
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        [
          "revisionism",
          "revisionism"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈvɪʒənɪst/"
    }
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "revizijaníst",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рэвізіяні́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "revizijanístka",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рэвізіяні́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "revizioníst",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ревизиони́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "revizionístka",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ревизиони́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūzhèngzhǔyìzhě",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "修正主義者 /修正主义者"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "revisionisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "révisionniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Revisionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れきししゅうせいしゅぎしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rekishi shūseishugisha",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "歴史修正主義者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ribijonisuto",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "リビジョニスト"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rewizjonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rewizjonistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revizionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "revizionistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "revizioníst",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ревизиони́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "revizionístka",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ревизиони́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "revisionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "word": "revisionist"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "revizioníst",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ревізіоні́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "revizionístka",
      "sense": "proponent of revisionism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ревізіоні́стка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revisionist"
}

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