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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.

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Other Words From

  • re·vanchism noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of revanchist1

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

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