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Revanche vs Revanchism - What's the difference?

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Revanche is a synonym of revanchism.


As a verb revanche

is .

As a noun revanchism is

the political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.

revanche

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Revenge or retaliation.
  • The political policy of regaining lost territory.

    • Related terms

    * revanchist

    revanchism

    English

    (wikipedia revanchism)

    Alternative forms

    *revanchisme

    Noun

    (-)
  • The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
  • *2002 , , 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