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irredentism

ir·re·den·tism

UK/ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪzəm/ US/ˌɪrʌˈdɛntɪzʌm/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From irredent(ist) + -ism.

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