revanche
/rəˈvɑːntʃ/
noun
- A policy or desire to regain lost territory or status, especially after a military or political defeat.
- The politician's speeches were filled with calls for revanche, stirring up nationalist feelings among the crowd.
- After losing the war, the country's leaders promoted a spirit of revanche to reclaim the lost provinces.
- Historians often debate whether revanche was the main cause of the next conflict.
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