noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪz(ə)m/
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General-American:/ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪz(ə)m/
1
noun
Meaning 1
The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Metaphorical endeavouring to regain lost political or cultural territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the French revanche (“revenge”) + -ism, based on revanchisme. By surface analysis, revanche + -ism. Piecewise doublet of revengism.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
revanshizëm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Arabic:
اِنْتِقَامِيَّة
(intiqāmiyya)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Armenian:
ռեվանշիզմ
(ṙevanšizm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Azerbaijani:
revanşizm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Belarusian:
рэваншы́зм
(revanšýzm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Bulgarian:
реванши́зъм
(revanšízǎm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Chinese Mandarin:
復仇主義 /复仇主义
(fùchóuzhǔyì)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Crimean Tatar:
revanşizm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Czech:
revanšismus
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Danish:
revanchisme
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Dutch:
revanchisme
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Estonian:
revanšism
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Finnish:
revansismi
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Finnish:
kostopolitiikka
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
French:
revanchisme
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Galician:
revanchismo
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Georgian:
რევანშიზმი
(revanšizmi)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
German:
Revanchismus
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
German:
Röwanschismus
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Greek:
ρεβανσισμός
(revansismós)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Hebrew:
רבנשיזם
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Hungarian:
revansizmus
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Italian:
revanscismo
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Japanese:
報復主義
(hōfukushugi)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Kazakh:
реваншизм
(revanşizm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Korean:
보복주의
(bobokjuui)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Kyrgyz:
реваншизм
(revanşizm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Latvian:
revanšisms
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Lithuanian:
revanšizmas
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Macedonian:
реванши́зам
(revanšízam)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Malay:
revanchisme
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Norwegian Bokmål:
revansjisme
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Persian:
انتقامگرایی
(enteqâm-garâyi)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Polish:
rewanżyzm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Portuguese:
revanchismo
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Romanian:
revanșism
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Russian:
реванши́зм
(revanšízm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Serbo-Croatian:
реваншѝзам
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Serbo-Croatian:
revanšìzam
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Slovak:
revanšizmus
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Slovene:
revanšizem
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Spanish:
revanchismo
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Swedish:
revanschism
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Tajik:
реваншизм
(revanšizm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Turkish:
rövanşizm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Ukrainian:
реванши́зм
(revanšýzm)
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Uzbek:
revanshizm
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Uzbek:
revanshistlik
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Vietnamese:
chính sách trả thù
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory
Vietnamese:
chính sách phục thù
— political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory