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单词 revanchism
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revanchismn.

Brit. /rᵻˈvan(t)ʃɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /rəˈvɑn(t)ʃˌɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1900s– revanchism, 1900s– revanchisme.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French revanchisme ; revanche n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: Originally < French revanchisme (1900) < revanche revenge n. + -isme -ism suffix. In later use < revanche n. + -ism suffix. Compare German Revanchismus (1958 or earlier). Compare earlier revanchist n., revanchist adj.
Originally and chiefly Politics.
The principle or practice of seeking retaliation or revenge; spec. a policy of seeking to recover a nation's lost territory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > as a policy
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revanchism1951
1951 Times 9 Feb. 5/3 The fear of German revanchisme will not be eradicated from eastern Europe.
1974 W. MacGaffey in P. D. Curtin Afr. & West 60 The insistent emphasis of the ABAKO party between 1956 and 1960 on the restoration of the old kingdom of Kongo was not so much secular revanchism as utopianism.
1984 J. Christiansen in W. E. Cain Philos. Approaches to Lit. 30 It should be possible to disarm philosophical mastery without submitting to critical revanchism.
2004 Foreign Affairs Jan.–Feb. 190/2 Whether diplomacy—rather than revanchism—should be Washington's weapon of choice in moderating Fidel Castro's authoritarian regime.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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