revanchist

[ ruh-van-chist, -vahn-shist ]

noun

1. an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.

adjective

1. of or relating to a political policy of revanche.
2. of or relating to revanchists or revanchism.

Other Words From

• re·vanchism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of revanchist¹

1925–30; < French revanchiste; revanche, -ist

Example Sentences

H.B.’s council majority has been so noxious and revanchist that some former mayors, Republicans and Democrats alike, have united to try and stop their influence.

From Los Angeles Times

For this country to abandon Ukraine after pledges to the contrary would not only embolden revanchist Russia, it would encourage the Chinese in their global ambitions.

From Los Angeles Times

"By arming Armenia, it implements a militaristic policy, encourages revanchist forces in Armenia, and prepares the ground for the start of new wars in our region."

From Reuters

The revanchist mentality of Vladimir Putin, who has said the USSR's demise was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century," echoes that of the German militarists of 1919.

From Salon

Santa Fe’s production, titled “Orfeo,” is not intended as a grand revanchist blow against the period-instrument movement that has claimed early music as its own for decades.

From New York Times