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revisionary en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English visioun English vision English revision Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English revisionary From revision + -ary.

Meanings

  1. Having the character of a revision.
    • I conclude that there is good reason to suspect that adverbialist paraphrases are in fact conservative rather than revisionary. 2008 August 5, Uriah Kriegel, “The dispensability of (merely) intentional objects”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:
    • Near-synonym: corrective

Forms

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most revisionary Degree=Sup lexicographic
more revisionary Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonrevisionary

Relateds

revisionist · revisable · revisitant

Synonyms

corrective