revanchist

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re·vanche (r

-vänch

, -vä

)

1. The act of retaliating; revenge.

2. A usually political policy, as of a nation or an ethnic group, intended to regain lost territory or standing.

[French, from Old French revancher, to revenge : re-, re- + vengier, vencher, to avenge; see revenge.]

re·vanchism (-vän

m, -vä

z-) n.

re·vanchist adj. & n.

re·vanch·istic adj.

Translations

revanchist [rɪˈvæntʃɪst]

A. ADJ → revanchista

B. N → revanchista mf

revanchist

adj → revanchistisch

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