IRREDENTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irredentism mean? 

• IRREDENTISM (noun)
  The noun IRREDENTISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related

  Familiarity information: IRREDENTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRREDENTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

irredentism; irridentism

Hypernyms ("irredentism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Derivation:

irredentist (an advocate of irredentism)