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Meanings of revanchist in English

Russian
реваншизм
Portuguese
revanchismo
Spanish
revanchismo
Catalan
revanchisme

Term to describe a political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses.

Related terms
реваншизм
Usage of revanchist in English
1
Many of the interwar Tories had strong reservations about his revanchist, racist, imperialist politics.
The Guardian
2
So it is not spiteful or revanchist to remember.
The Irish Times
3
In some kind of revanchist frenzy, paramilitaries attacked ambulances, shattered windows and cut off intravenous drips.
The Guardian
4
Then there is Sharif's continuing obsession with wooing India, despite the revanchist Modi government in New Delhi.
The Guardian
5
Quotes the revanchist texts on American society.
The new yorker
6
Whether these hard times will mellow his external ambitions or fuel further revanchist adventurism is now a key question.
The Guardian
7
The Russian president's revanchist aggression in Ukraine has left his regime more vulnerable than anyone in the Kremlin would dare admit.
The Irish Times
8
Either way, missile defenses would not have been fetishized by American conservatives and Russian revanchists.
The new yorker
Translations for revanchist
Portuguese
revanchismo
Revanchist through the time