revanchism:

a policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory

revanchism:

a policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory

(Noun)

Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Knowing that the demons would be driven by revanchism after being routed at Janasthna, Rama told Lakshmana that they both needed to be extremely cautious.

Mahabharata:  That the Pandavas were not motivated by revanchism, if fighting the Kurukshetra war is clearly seen through their prior willingness to settle for just five villages, which was an insignificant portion of their vast kingdom.

Bhagavad-gita:  In the same verse that Krishna urges Arjuna to fight, he also tells him to renounce possessiveness toward property and animosity toward people thereby uprooting revanchism as a possible motive for fighting.

Bhagavatam:   Though Jarasandha was defeated by Krishna, he was possessed by such revanchism that he regrouped and re-attacked repeatedly despite being effortlessly defeated by Krishna on each occasion.