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revanchism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvæn(t)ʃɪz(ə)m/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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