revanchism

British  

/ rɪˈvæntʃɪzəm /

noun

1. a foreign policy aimed at revenge or the regaining of lost territories

2. desire or support for such a policy

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Other Word Forms

• revanchist noun

Etymology

Origin of revanchism

C20: from French revanche _revenge

Example Sentences

Her warnings about Russian revanchism had gone largely unheeded, even after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, she said.

From New York Times

“We reaffirm the fairness, the stability and the confirmation of the popular will. We cannot accept revanchism and persecution from any side. Now it is time to look ahead.”

From Washington Post

“The West did not take sufficient account of the strength of Soviet myth, military sacrifice and revanchism in him,” Eltchaninoff, whose grandparents were all Russian, said.

From Seattle Times

They turn emotion, sincere and deep, into nothing but self-serving revanchism: fans protesting because their team is not top of the league.

From New York Times

How can art evade both the philistinism of Silicon Valley and the revanchism of technophobes?

From New York Times