revanchisms
/rəˈvɑːntʃɪzəmz/
noun
- Plural form of revanchism; multiple instances or types of political policies or ideologies that seek to regain lost territory or restore a previous state of power.
- Different revanchisms can be driven by ethnic, religious, or economic grievances.
- The conference discussed various revanchisms that had emerged in different parts of the world.
- Historians compare the revanchisms of the 19th and 20th centuries to understand patterns of conflict.