Definition of "revanchist" []

• A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking vengeance. (noun)
• 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. (adjective)

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• "One last thing, I'll refuse to spell the word revanchist with a u in the middle, and I shall pronounce it accordingly, whenever I manage to wedge it in conversationally, just to earn the consternation of my peers."
• ""One last thing, I'll refuse to spell the word revanchist with a u in the middle, and I shall pronounce it accordingly, whenever I manage to wedge it in conversationally, just to earn the consternation of my peers.""
• "McCain is fiercer still: he has said he wants to kick Russia out of the G8, and called Putin a "revanchist" who has committed "nuclear blackmail" and "cyberattacks" to revive Russian power."