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revanchist

UK /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/US /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/

adjective 1
noun 1
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adjective1

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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.
- What remains is an elegant brief history of the modern conservative movement, as unsparing in its critique of liberal hubris as of revanchist resentment. — 2009

noun1

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A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance.
- The next day, newspapers across the political spectrum will express varying degrees of outrage at the president's discourtesy, ignorance, and lack of style; one will accuse him of being a revanchist. — 1997

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