"revanchist" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/ [UK], /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/ [US] Audio: en-us-revanchist.ogg
Etymology: From French revanchiste, from revanche (“revenge”) + -ist. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|revanchiste}} French revanchiste, {{suffix|en||ist}} + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} revanchist (not comparable)
  1. Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: revanche, revanchism Translations (advocating a policy of revanche): рэваншы́сцкі (revanšýscki) (Belarusian), revanšistický (Czech), revanchistisk (Danish), revanchistisch (Dutch), revansistinen (Finnish), revanchiste (French), revanchard (French), revanchistisch (German), ρεβανσιστικός (revansistikós) (Greek), revanscistico (Italian), revansjistisk (Norwegian), rewanżystyczny [masculine] (Polish), rewanżystowski [masculine] (Polish), odwetowy (Polish), revanchista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), revanșard (Romanian), реванши́стский (revanšístskij) (Russian), revanchista (Spanish), revanschistisk (Swedish), реванши́стський (revanšýstsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/ [UK], /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/ [US] Audio: en-us-revanchist.ogg Forms: revanchists [plural]
Etymology: From French revanchiste, from revanche (“revenge”) + -ist. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|revanchiste}} French revanchiste, {{suffix|en||ist}} + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} revanchist (plural revanchists)
  1. A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance. Translations (revanchist, vengeful person): рэваншы́ст (revanšýst) [masculine] (Belarusian), 復仇主義者 (Chinese Mandarin), 复仇主义者 (fùchóuzhǔyì zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), revanšista [masculine] (Czech), revanšistka [feminine] (Czech), revanchist [common-gender] (Danish), revanchist [masculine] (Dutch), revansisti (Finnish), revanchiste [feminine, masculine] (French), revanchard [masculine] (French), revancharde [feminine] (French), Revanchist [masculine] (German), Revanchistin [feminine] (German), ρεβανσιστής (revansistís) [masculine] (Greek), ρεβανσίστρια (revansístria) [feminine] (Greek), revanscista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 報復主義者 (hōfukushugisha) (alt: ほうふくしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), 보복주의자 (bobokjuuija) (Korean), revansjist [masculine] (Norwegian), rewanżysta [masculine] (Polish), rewanżystka [feminine] (Polish), odwetowiec [masculine] (Polish), odwetówka [feminine] (Polish), revanchista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), revanșist [masculine] (Romanian), revanșistă [feminine] (Romanian), revanșard [masculine] (Romanian), revanșardă [feminine] (Romanian), реванши́ст (revanšíst) [masculine] (Russian), реванши́стка (revanšístka) [feminine] (Russian), revanchista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), revanschist [common-gender] (Swedish), rövanşist (Turkish), реванши́ст (revanšýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), реванши́стка (revanšýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "1974 March 20, “The Legacy of a 'Good German'”, in Time:",
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          "ref": "2009 September 29, Jackson Lears, “The Waxing and Waning of America's Political Right”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2009-10-05:",
          "text": "What remains is an elegant brief history of the modern conservative movement, as unsparing in its critique of liberal hubris as of revanchist resentment.",
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          "ref": "2018 January 8, Rick Wilson, “Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other”, in The Daily Beast:",
          "text": "Bannon, they proclaimed, was Trumpism in its distilled essence: revanchist, ahistorical, racially inflected, and consumed with an imaginary war on the media and America’s broader society.",
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          "ref": "2024, G. S. Hans, Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court, in: Balls and Strikes, August 5 2024",
          "text": "As execrable as the Supreme Court’s decisions have been, they are of a piece with the conservative rulings from lower court judges who see no issue with laundering a revanchist policy agenda through contorted rulings."
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          "ref": "2014 July 2, Jeff Shesol, “Rightward Bound: 'Uncertain Justice' and 'Scalia'”, in The New York Times (book review; International New York Times version: The Court: Rightward bound: Uncertain Justice. The Warren Court and the Constitution. By Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz. 401 pages. Henry Holt & Company. $32. Scalia. A Court of One. By Bruce Allen Murphy. Illustrated. 644 pages. Simon & Schuster. $35. 10 July 2014, p. 9):",
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          "ref": "2009 September 29, Jackson Lears, “The Waxing and Waning of America's Political Right”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2009-10-05:",
          "text": "What remains is an elegant brief history of the modern conservative movement, as unsparing in its critique of liberal hubris as of revanchist resentment.",
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          "ref": "2018 January 8, Rick Wilson, “Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other”, in The Daily Beast:",
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          "ref": "2024, G. S. Hans, Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court, in: Balls and Strikes, August 5 2024",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "revanšýstsʹkyj",
      "sense": "advocating a policy of revanche",
      "word": "реванши́стський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revanchist"
}

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