revisionist

Example Sentences

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“They’re basically asking you to participate in their revisionist history,” he says.

From Science Magazine

Walls certainly hasn’t, but in order to find out the author’s vision for how Sallie Kincaid will guide her community forward, you’ll have to read the author’s smart, energetic and cleverly revisionist novel for yourself.

From Los Angeles Times

But underneath them is an arresting struggle between old school and new school, not unlike the kind found in revisionist westerns, which wonderfully plays with the tropes of the genre.

From New York Times

The Australian actress Frances O’Connor makes a striking directorial debut with “Emily,” a provocative revisionist biography of the author Emily Brontë.

From Washington Post

Biden’s national security strategy identified China as “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge,” noting that the president was particularly worried about the country’s efforts to “layer authoritarian governance with a revisionist foreign policy.”

From Washington Post