Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A nationalistic doctrine advocating the annexation of foreign lands with historic or ethnic links.

    Irredentismus

    ирреденти́змirredentízm

    іредентизмiredentyzm

More definitions
  • the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Russian irredentism is a threat to world peace and to every person of sound judgment.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an annexation doctrine:
Русский
By meaning 1
an annexation doctrine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an annexation doctrine:

Origin

From irredent(ist) + -ism.

From irredent(ist) + -ism.

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Forms

plural: irredentisms
Singularirredentism

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related:irridentism

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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