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Irredentist /ir-i-denˈtist/ noun- A member of an Italian party formed in 1878, its aims to gain or regain for Italy various regions claimed on language and other grounds
- (without cap) a person who advocates the redeeming of territory from another state
adjective- Of or relating to the Irredentists
- (without cap) advocating the redeeming of territory from another state
ORIGIN: Ital (Italia) irredenta unredeemed (Italy), from L in- not, and redemptus pap of redimere to redeem Irredentˈism noun - The programme of the Irredentist party
- (without cap) the doctrine of ‘redeeming’ territory from another state, esp where there is some historical claim to the territory or when an ethnic group seeks to rejoin the major part of the ethnic group in another state
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