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Resilient is an adjective which refers to something or someone who bounces back from adversity, and is not easily suppressed. For example, one might characterize a rebel group as resilient if they successfully resisted efforts to stamp them out; most would also agree that cockroaches, resisting all but the most comprehensive extermination efforts, are quite resilient.

On a related note: During the Rwandan Civil War (which led up to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide), members of the primarily Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (R.P.F.) were dubbed "inyenzi," meaning "cockroaches," for their resilience, or their continued resurgence after large-scale efforts by the government to stamp them out. The term "inyenzi" later became an epithet for ethnic Tutsis in general, and was picked up by the anti-Tutsi media as a buzzword promoting genocide.

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