resurgent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite rising again as to new life and vigor
    renascent.
    • resurgent nationalism

WordNet

Re*sur"gent adjective
Etymology
L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection.
Definitions
  1. Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge.
Re*sur"gent noun
Definitions
  1. One who rises again, as from the dead. R. Sydney Smith.

Webster 1913