irredentist
pronunciation
How to pronounce irredentist in British English:
UK [,ɪrɪ'dentɪst]
How to pronounce irredentist in American English:
US [ˌɪrɪˈdɛntɪst]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of irredentism
Word Origin
- irredentist (n.)
- 1882, member of Italian political party which (after 1878) demanded the annexation of neighboring Italian-speaking regions (Trieste, S. Tyrol, Nice, Corsica, etc.), from Italian Irredentista, from (Italia) irredenta "unredeemed (Italy)." Related: Irredentism.
Example
- 1. Is beijing finally showing its real irredentist colors ?
- 2. Doubts about mr obama 's foreign policy are not confined to the irredentist right .
- 3. After the august war , ukraine , belarus , moldova and the three caucasus countries of georgia , armenia and azerbaijan , all crave reassurance against an irredentist russia .
- 4. Indonesia and the philippines have for over 40 years been joined with malaysia and singapore in the association of south-east asian nations ( asean ) , and have stopped pursuing irredentist claims .
- 5. The greater romania party , an irredentist group of magyar-bashers whose leader came second in romania 's presidential election of 2000 , lost all its seats in 2008 .