resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent ri-ˈsər-jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence

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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

On Day 6, a milestone repeated, a good day and a strange night for the Americans and a resurgent player breaking new ground. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Driven out the Stoxx 50 German autos giant VW could be pushed out of the Euro Stoxx 50 later this month and be replaced by a resurgent Nokia. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Target, which has seen two resurgent straight quarters under new CEO Michael Fiddelke, pledged to do better. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Inter Miami is in a bit of a slump, on a three-game losing streak heading into a road match Wednesday against the resurgent Philadelphia Union. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 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
• urgent

Kids Definition

resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent -jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence