rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
Origin
1760-70; < Latinresurgent- (stem of resurgēns, present participle of resurgere). See resurge, -ent
Related forms
resurgence, noun
Examples from the web for resurgent
The resurgent wolf population is surely a direct result of feeding deer.
Countries with resurgent polio are struggling as well.
resurgent fighters still train there but look north.
The goal was to stabilize the market until a resurgent economy created new households that demanded places to live.
The rim of the caldera is visible, as well as the caldera's resurgent dome, located in the center of the caldera.
Determine the threat of infectious disease caused by new or resurgent arthropod-borne zoonoses to humans and domestic animals.
British Dictionary definitions for resurgent
resurgent
/rɪˈsɜːdʒənt/
adjective
1.
rising again, as to new life, vigour, etc: resurgent nationalism
Derived Forms
resurgence, noun
Word Origin and History for resurgent
adj.
1808, from obsolete verb resurge "to rise again" (1570s), from Latin resurgere "rise again, lift oneself, be restored," from re- "again" (see re-) + surgere "to rise" (see surge).