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irredentist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/

Etymology

From Irredentist.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to irredentists or their policies.
    • In 1885, a Bulgarian irredentist movement seized control of neighbouring Ottoman-ruled Eastern Roumelia and announced the creation of a Greater Bulgaria. 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 126:

Forms

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more irredentist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most irredentist Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

irredentistic · irredentism

Translations (10)

ka ირედენტისტური (irredentist) · cs iredentistický (irredentist) · fi irredentistinen (irredentist) · ro iredent (irredentist) · el αλυτρωτισμός (irredentist) · ru ирреденти́стский (irredentist) · ro iredentist (irredentist) · cmn 收復失地主義的 /收复失地主义的 (irredentist) · tr kurtarımcı (irredentist) · nl voorstander van hereniging met het moederland (irredentist)

irredentist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/

Etymology

From Irredentist.

Meanings

  1. Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
    • As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators. 2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, pages 630–1:

Forms

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irredentists Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (14)

ro iredentist (adherent of irredentism) · fi irredentisti (adherent of irredentism) · ka ირედენტისტი (adherent of irredentism) · ro iredentistă (adherent of irredentism) · hu irredenta (adherent of irredentism) · de Irredentist (adherent of irredentism) · ru ирреденти́ст (adherent of irredentism) · cs iredentista (adherent of irredentism) · tr kurtarımcı (adherent of irredentism) · cmn 收復失地主義者 /收复失地主义者 (adherent of irredentism) · de Irredentistin (adherent of irredentism) · pl irredentysta (adherent of irredentism) · tr irredantist (adherent of irredentism) · nl irredentistisch (adherent of irredentism)