Noun: revisionist ri'vi-zhu-nist
- Someone who advocates some change to previously accepted ideas or beliefs
"The revisionist historian challenged the traditional narrative of the country's founding"
- A Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position
"The party leadership denounced him as a revisionist for suggesting market reforms"
Derived forms: revisionists
Type of: commie [informal], commo [informal], communist, red [informal]
Encyclopedia: Revisionist