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revanche
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[rɪˈvan(t)ʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a policy or movement aimed at achieving the return of a nation's lost territory (frequently with reference to France's desire to regain Alsace–Lorraine after its annexation in the Franco-Prussian War)
(e.g: Sorel was no starry-eyed advocate of revanche in the decades following the defeat of 1871)
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Origin
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French, literally ‘revenge’
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