resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent ri-ˈsər-jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence

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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 Web

The Eagles are playing well behind quarterback Jalen Hurts and a resurgent defense. —David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024

The Giants fall to 2-6 with the loss and face the resurgent Washington Commanders in Week 9. —Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024

Growing threat to the West A string of recent arrests in the U.S. and other Western countries underscores the group’s resurgent threat. —Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2024

The all-day-dining love-in continues at Holland Park's resurgent brasserie, Julie's. —Charlie Teasdale, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

resurgent

adjective

re·​sur·​gent -jənt 

: undergoing or tending to produce resurgence