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- Definition of REVANCHIST. : one who advocates a policy of revanche. ADVERTISEMENT.efinition of REVANCHIST. : one who advocates a policy of revanche. ADVERTISEMENT.
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Turncoat A turncoat is a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another, betraying or deserting an original cause by switching to the opposing side or party. In political and social history, this is distinct from being a traitor, as the switch mostly takes place under the following circumstances:
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- early 14c., to come back, come or go back to a former position (intransitive), from Old French retorner turn back, turn round, return (Modern French retourner), from re- back (see re-) + torner to turn (see turn (v.)).
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- roustabout. 1  a wharf laborer or deck hand, as on the Mississippi River. 2  an unskilled laborer who lives by odd jobs. 3  a circus laborer who helps in setting up and taking down the tents and in caring for the animals, equipment, and grounds. 4  any unskilled laborer working in an oil field. Compare roughneck (def 2).
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Perestroika [pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə]. ) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning openness) policy reform.he literal meaning of perestroika is  restructuring , referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system. Perestroika is sometimes argued to be a cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, and the end of the Cold War.
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pacesetter pacesetter. 1  a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated. 2  a person or thing that sets the pace, as in racing.
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Definitions &Translations Definitions for raconteurˌræk ɒnˈtɜr, -ˈtʊər, -ən-. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word raconteur. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: anecdotist, raconteur(noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes.
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- Definition of freethinker for English Language Learners : a person who forms his or her own opinions about important subjects (such as religion and politics) instead of accepting what other people say
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- Deck repair. If the leak in your pool has caused damage to your deck, we find the leak first, and then provide an estimate on the repairs for the leak and the deck. The deck can shift and crack if the ground below has been washed away by a persistent leak.
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repatriate repatriate When a country repatriates people, they are usually refugees who are being sent back to their homeland, often against their wishes. It is possible for a person to repatriate himself, choosing to return to a country he's left for political or economic reasons, but the verb repatriate is more often used to mean send refugees home. It might sound like a modern political term, but repatriate has been used since the 1600s.
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turncoat Turncoat definition, a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade. See more.
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Turncoat A turncoat is a person who shifts allegiance from one loyalty or ideal to another, betraying or deserting an original cause by switching to the opposing side or party. In groups, often driven by one or more leaders.
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- a propagandist who seeks to provoke hatred and prejudice, as against a minority group or groups. Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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sacristan sacristan. 1  Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house. 2  a sexton.
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Difference Between Blueschist and Greenschist Blueschist is a metamorphic rock which is generally blue in color and is formed under conditions of high pressure and low temperature. Greenschist is a metamorphic rock that is formed under lowest temperatures and pressures and is usually produced by regional metamorphism.
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- noun. A policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory: a recipe for deep future resentment, revanchism and renewed conflict. More example sentences. 1  Given the climate of hatred, violence, and revanchism ubiquitous in the refugee camps, the likelihood of meeting this requirement is nil. Knock back your entire shot in one gulp, immediately inverting your glass over the table to allow the microscopic last drop to fall out, proving you're not a wuss or a reactionary revanchist Trotskyite provocateur.
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Cuckservative Cuckservative is a neologistic epithet formed as a portmanteau of the word cuckold and the political designation conservative. It has become an increasingly popular pejorative label used within the conservative movement and among alt-right supporters in the United States.
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Definition of 'revoke' Definition of 'revoke'. revoke (rɪvoʊk ) When people in authority revoke something such as a licence, a law, or an agreement, they cancel it. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
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Meaning of âreviseâ in the English Dictionary revise verb (STUDY). B1 [I or T] UK (US review) to ​study again something you have already ​learned, in ​preparation for an ​exam: We're revising (​algebra) for the ​test ​tomorrow. (Definition of revise from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press).
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- A conservative is someone who is rooted in the foundations and principles that established the ideological foundations of belief and is not inclined to abandon them as the remain useful. But let me se how hard it is to trace that a conservative principle back to the founders.
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- chiropractor noun [C]. › a ​person whose ​job is to ​treat ​diseases by ​pressing a person's ​joints (= ​places where two ​bones are ​connected), ​especially those in the back. chiropractic noun [U] uk /ˌkaɪə.rəʊˈpraek.rəʊˈpræk/ tɪk /-us-/ › roʊ ​the system ​of treatment used by a. chiropractor
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- disenfranchise / ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz /, disfranchise vb (transitive) to deprive (a person) of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship to deprive (a place) of the right to send representatives to an elected body
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Revaluation Revaluation means a change of a price of goods or products. This term is specially used as revaluation of a currency, where it means a rise of currency to the relation with a foreign currency in a fixed exchange rate.In floating exchange rate correct term would be appreciation.n general terms, revaluation of a currency is a calculated adjustment to a country's official exchange rate relative to a chosen baseline. The baseline can be anything from wage rates to the price of gold to a foreign currency.
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Cuckservative Cuckservative, often shortened to cuck, is a neologistic term of abuse formed as a portmanteau of the word cuckold and the political designation conservative. It has become an increasingly popular pejorative label used among alt-right supporters in the United States.
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Definitions &Translations Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions. A person who follows the philosophies of conservatism is referred to as a traditionalist or conservative.
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financier Legal Definition of financier. 1  1 : one who specializes in raising and expending public moneys. 2  2 : one who deals with finance and investment on a large scale.