Irredentist

//ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.

    "As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators."

  2. 2
    A member or supporter of the Italian party after 1878 which called for the recovery of all Italian-speaking territories subject to other countries. historical
  3. 3
    an advocate of irredentism wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to irredentists or their policies.

    "In 1885, a Bulgarian irredentist movement seized control of neighbouring Ottoman-ruled Eastern Roumelia and announced the creation of a Greater Bulgaria."

Synonyms

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irridentist

Example

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"As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Irredentist.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian irredentista, from (Italia) irredenta (“unredeemed Italy”).

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