Irredentist
/ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 an advocate of irredentism wordnet
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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”).