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

I believe this revanchist movement is the last gasp of a demographically doomed group of people who are trying to refight the Civil War and see if they can win this time.

From Time

Today, China is surrounded by a proud and rich Japan, an ambitious and nationalistic India, a revanchist Russia and a wealthy, competitive South Korea.

From Washington Post

Adenauer was very conscious of the dangers of driving the old Nazi elites into a kind of revanchist underground.

From The Daily Beast

This revanchist minority is angry, unsatisfied, and ready to fight.

From The Daily Beast