irredentism

ir·re·den·tist  (r-dntst)

n.

One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government.

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[Italian irredentista, from (Italia) irredenta, unredeemed (Italy), Italian-speaking areas subject to other countries; see irredenta.]

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irre·dentism n.

irre·dentist adj.

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irredentism

1. a national policy advocating the acquisition of some region in another country by reason of common linguistic, cultural, historical, ethnic, or racial ties.
2. (cap.) the policies of a 19th-century Italian party that sought to annex parts of certain neighboring regions with chiefly Italian populations. — irredentist, n., adj.

See also: Politics

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

irredentism - the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related irridentism doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Translations

irredentism [ˌɪrɪˈdentɪzəm] N (fig) → irredentismo m