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revanchism

/ rɪˈvæntʃɪzəm /

noun

  1. a foreign policy aimed at revenge or the regaining of lost territories
  2. desire or support for such a policy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reˈvanchist, nounadjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of revanchism1

C20: from French revanche revenge
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Example Sentences

The increasingly close alliance between Iran, Russia and China, forming a new axis of resentment, repression and revanchism.

Her warnings about Russian revanchism had gone largely unheeded, even after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, she said.

The signs of such revanchism abound in Fifth Circuit Judge Cory Wilson's opinion.

From Salon

Soviet leaders at the time portrayed the rebirth of the German military as “fascist revanchism” and “the return of Hitlerism.”

Zelenskiy said the German parliament's resolution was a "decision for justice, for truth" and an "important signal to many other countries of the world that Russian revanchism will not succeed in rewriting history."

From Reuters

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