Resurgent means literally a "rising again". We may speak of a resurgent baseball team, a resurgent steel industry, the resurgence of jogging, or a resurgence of violence in a war zone. Resurgence is particularly prominent in its Italian translation, risorgimento. In the 19th century, when the Italian peninsula consisted of a number of small independent states, a popular movement known as the Risorgimento managed to unify the peninsula and create the modern state of Italy in 1870.
Examples of resurgent in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThat was certainly the case Tuesday, as the Cannes jurors were peppered with questions relating to France’s resurgent #MeToo movement, the war in Gaza, and the threat of strikes disrupting the 77th festival, among other urgent worldly concerns.—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024 But that doesn’t mean the resurgent microcar industry lacks credibility.—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 5 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for resurgent
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Word History
Etymology
Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere
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