Revanchism

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹɪˈvan(t)ʃɪz(É™)m/

Alternative forms

• revanchisme

Origin

From French revanchisme.

Full definition of revanchism

Noun

1. The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
• 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 233:Fleury had correctly grasped the wisdom of forestalling possible Austrian revanchisme over Lorraine, while France's biggest international problems emanated form England ....
• 2011, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 10 Nov 2011:The EU lobby may have cobbled together institutions for a united states of Europe, but it was a fool's errand, and one that could only play into the hands of German revanchism.

Synonyms

• revanche

Related terms

• revanchist