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irredentist

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See also: Irredentist

English

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Etymology

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From Irredentist.

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Noun

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irredentist (plural irredentists)

  1. Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
    • 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1:
      As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.

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irredentist (comparative more irredentist, superlative most irredentist)

  1. Of or relating to irredentists or their policies.
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 126:
      In 1885, a Bulgarian irredentist movement seized control of neighbouring Ottoman-ruled Eastern Roumelia and announced the creation of a Greater Bulgaria.
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian irredentista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɪ.rə.dɛnˈtɪst/, /ˌɪ.reː.dɛnˈtɪst/
  • Hyphenation: ir‧re‧den‧tist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

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irredentist m (plural irredentisten)

  1. irredentist
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