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Revanchist is an adjective or noun that describes a policy or a person who seeks to recover lost territory or status. Learn the origin, examples, and synonyms of revanchist from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Revanchism is the political desire to reverse territorial losses after a war or a social movement. Learn about its origin in France, its influence on German and Greek politics, and its relation to irredentism and nationalism.
Revanche is a French word meaning revenge, especially a political policy to recover lost territory or status. Learn the origin, history, and usage of revanche and its related terms revanchism and revanchist.
Revanchist definition: an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.. See examples of REVANCHIST used in a sentence.
OED's earliest evidence for revanchist is from 1881, in the writing of Richard Burton, explorer and author. revanchist is formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on a German lexical item, and partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: revanche n., ‑ist suffix.
Revanchism is a policy of attacking somebody who has attacked you, especially by a country to get back land. Learn the meaning, pronunciation, usage notes and synonyms of revanchism with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Anything described as revanchist is connected to a political policy of reclaiming lost territory. A powerful country's revanchist actions often lead to war. The noun revanchist was coined in the 1920s to describe Germans who were focused on reclaiming territory lost during World War I.
