I. -nt noun
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Etymology: Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere
: one that experiences resurgence
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin resurgent-, resurgens, present participle of resurgere to rise again — more at resurrection
1. : rising again from an inferior state (as death, torpor, decadence) to a superior state
resurgent life of spring — W.P.Smith
2. : tending to produce resurgence
nationalism is a powerful, even a resurgent force — New Republic