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RANDOM MUSINGS FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL

3/01/2022

WORD OF THE YEAR

Let's start the new month with a new word; one with which you might not be familiar.  This one is so apropos to the times that you can't do without it.   I've used Merriam-Webster for reference.


REVANCHIST   Adjective   re-vanch-ist   |  re- von' - shist

:of or relating to a policy designed to recover lost territory or status. : of or relating to a revanche 

// Each of Hitler's allies had their own, partially interrelated, expansionary or revanchist motives ...


REVANCHIST   Noun  

:one who advocates or fights for the recovery of lost territory or status : one who advocates a policy of revanche

// Putin justifies himself and his aggression into Ukraine as a revanchist

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