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- Dictionaryrevanchism/rɪˈvan(t)ʃɪz(ə)m/
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- 1. a policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory: "a recipe for deep future resentment, revanchism and renewed conflict"
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Revanchism is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement. As a term, revanchism originated in 1870s France in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War among nationalists who wanted to avenge the French defeat and reclaim the lost territories of Alsace-Lorraine. Wikipedia