From Hitler to Putin, revanchism has proven time and time again to be a cover for broader imperialist ambitions.
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Revanchism
//ɹəˈvɑnt͡ʃɪz(ə)m//
Synonyms for "revanchism" (7 found)
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50 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- revanshizëm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْتِقَامِيَّة noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Armenian
1 entries- ռեվանշիզմ noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- revanşizm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Belarusian
1 entries- рэваншы́зм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Bulgarian
1 entries- реванши́зъм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 復仇主義 /复仇主义 noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- revanşizm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Czech
1 entries- revanšismus noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Danish
1 entries- revanchisme noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Dutch
1 entries- revanchisme noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Estonian
1 entries- revanšism noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Finnish
2 entries- kostopolitiikka noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
- revansismi noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
French
1 entries- revanchisme noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Galician
1 entries- revanchismo noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Georgian
1 entries- რევანშიზმი noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
German
2 entries- Revanchismus noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
- Röwanschismus noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Greek
1 entries- ρεβανσισμός noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Hebrew
1 entries- רבנשיזם noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Hungarian
1 entries- revansizmus noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Italian
1 entries- revanscismo noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Japanese
1 entries- 報復主義 noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Kazakh
1 entries- реваншизм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Korean
1 entries- 보복주의 noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- реваншизм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Latvian
1 entries- revanšisms noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Lithuanian
1 entries- revanšizmas noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Macedonian
1 entries- реванши́зам noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Malay
1 entries- revanchisme noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- revansjisme noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Persian
1 entries- انتقامگرایی noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Polish
1 entries- rewanżyzm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Portuguese
1 entries- revanchismo noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Romanian
1 entries- revanșism noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Russian
1 entries- реванши́зм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- revanšìzam noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
- реваншѝзам noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Slovak
1 entries- revanšizmus noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Slovene
1 entries- revanšizem noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Spanish
1 entries- revanchismo noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Swedish
1 entries- revanschism noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Tajik
1 entries- реваншизм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Turkish
1 entries- rövanşizm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Ukrainian
1 entries- реванши́зм noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Uzbek
2 entries- revanshistlik noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
- revanshizm noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chính sách phục thù noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
- chính sách trả thù noun (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)
Sample sentences
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Fleury had correctly grasped the wisdom of forestalling possible Austrian revanchisme over Lorraine, while France's biggest international problems emanated from England […]
Source: wiktionary
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.
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But couple the tightening of Chinese authoritarianism with Russia's turn toward revanchism and dictatorship, and then add the rise of radical Islam, with its violent intolerance, and the grand victory of Western liberalism can seem hollow, its values under threat even within its own societies.
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