rising or tending to rise again; resurging
Origin of resurgent
Classical Latin resurgens, present participleresurgent
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resurgent
adjective
Regaining a previous degree of activity, influence, or success: a resurgent political party.
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Adjective
(comparative more resurgent, superlative most resurgent)
- Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial object, moving upwards relative to the horizon after a period of having moved downwards.
- Rising again, as from the dead.
Noun
(plural resurgents)
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Origin
re- +"Ž surgent.
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