Definition of revanchist
: one who advocates a policy of revanche
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Amid this frenzy, Pruitt was unveiling one of the cornerstones of his revanchist environmental policy on Tuesday.
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But last month, Alternative for Germany, the country’s anti-immigration party, made major electoral gains, signifying that the continent’s revanchist forces were still a force to be reckoned with. Sunday’s results only confirmed that reality.
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Both Kelly and Republicans used Fox News to disseminate these ideas, contributing to a revanchist backlash that was unable to dislodge Obama in 2012, but overwhelmed the Democratic Party by 2016.
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Back in the day, revanchist plutocrats would have been grateful to see the United States slouching towards oligarchy.
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My objections to the revanchist regime in Moscow, unlike those of many Democrats, started long before November 8.
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Trump’s populism is nativist, revanchist, and ultimately unachievable.
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First Known Use of revanchist
1926
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And its clientele in this revanchist effort includes oil companies fearing clean-energy cars and also an auto industry that now sees an opportunity to batten on low oil prices and the consequent consumer lust for gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs.
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The revanchist culture war Donald Trump has declared on liberals, the mainstream media, and most members of Congress in his own party may only be beginning.
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It’s startling the way the word ‘‘Breitbart’’ has become iconographic, referring not really to the website or the company but to an amorphous mass of revanchist opinions for which Breitbart receives credit or blame.
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First Known Use of revanchist
1948
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