resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent ri-ˈsər-jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence

Did you know?

Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.

Examples of resurgent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While Rahman’s return has injected optimism into Bangladesh, the most striking change postrevolution is resurgent Islamism. —Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026

His resurgent season was enough to notch his fifth career All-Star Game appearance. —Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026

Whatever the case, a resurgent Leafs team is back in the race and needs to bolster its back end … somehow. —Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026

The historical newspaper clippings speak to her belief that the shooting was not a one-off tragedy but rather the latest symptom of resurgent antisemitism. —Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for resurgent

• convergent
• detergent
• divergent
• emergent
• insurgent
• serjeant
• urgent

Kids Definition

resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent -jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence