revanchist
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revanchist
- /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪst/ UK
- /ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪst/ US
Where it comes from
From French revanchiste, from revanche (“revenge”) + -ist.
noun revanchists
- 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.
adjective
- 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. No longer did young German tourists in France or Holland have to pretend that they were Swedes, and no longer did the governments of Eastern Europe blame all their problems on the “revanchist West Germans”.
Translations
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noun revanchist, vengeful person
| Español | revanchista |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보복주의자 bobokjuuija |
| 日本語 | 報復主義者 hōfukushugisha |
| 中文 | 復仇主義者 /复仇主义者 fùchóuzhǔyì zhě |
| Português | revanchista |
| Français | revanchiste, revanchard, revancharde |
| Deutsch | Revanchist, Revanchistin |
| Italiano | revanscista |
| Ελληνικά | ρεβανσιστής revansistís, ρεβανσίστρια revansístria |
| Română | revanșist, revanșistă, revanșard, revanșardă |
| Русский | реванши́ст revanšíst, реванши́стка revanšístka |
adj advocating a policy of revanche
| Español | revanchista |
|---|---|
| Português | revanchista |
| Français | revanchiste, revanchard |
| Deutsch | revanchistisch |
| Italiano | revanscistico |
| Ελληνικά | ρεβανσιστικός revansistikós |
| Română | revanșard |
| Русский | реванши́стский revanšístskij |
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title = {revanchist},
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