Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to revision; of the nature of a revision; revising: as, a revisionary work.
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- adjective Having the character of a
revision
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Examples
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He specifies conditions on "revisionary" reductions from historical examples and suggests that these conditions are obtaining between folk psychology and cognitive neuroscience as the latter develops.
The Philosophy of Neuroscience Bickle, John 2006
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As I have said in this thread and others, it is the Slavocrat revisionary history of the period from 65 to 80 that is the most dangerous to US society.
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Or, mebbe that's just a ruse I use to get through the endless (it often seems) revisionary process.
She's done it! L. Lee Lowe 2009
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Whereas the book documents Jensen's collections as originally previewed, though, the V&A extravaganza had a revisionary function.
Penny Martin: The Fashion Garment In The Age Of Digital Reproduction Penny Martin 2011
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Whereas the book documents Jensen's collections as originally previewed, though, the V&A extravaganza had a revisionary function.
Penny Martin: The Fashion Garment In The Age Of Digital Reproduction Penny Martin 2011
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As I have said in this thread and others, it is the Slavocrat revisionary history of the period from 65 to 80 that is the most dangerous to US society.
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All these people do is till the soil and bring up the reality of the past, not their revisionary fantasy.
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Throughout this classical narrative, Luhrmann and his co-writers extend the revisionary theme of racial hatred.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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In a sense, TDK isn't definitive so much as revisionary - a take on Batman that makes him * more* realistic and real-world than his comic book incarnation.
Batman: Mark Hamill's Joker Lou Anders 2008
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The radical, revisionary passage is worth another look in its entirety:
Scott Cairns: And One For All: The Profound Mystery Of The Body Of Christ 2010
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