irredentist
/ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/
irredentist noun: someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
Noun (1)
irredentist (plural irredentists)
- 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
Adjective
irredentist (comparative more irredentist, superlative most irredentist)
- 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
Noun (2) capitalized: Irredentist
Irredentist (plural Irredentists)
- A member or supporter of the Italian party after 1878 which called for the recovery of all Italian-speaking territories subject to other countries.
Forms of irredentist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | irredentists |
| plural | Irredentists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more irredentist |
| superlative | most irredentist |
Origin of irredentist
From Irredentist.
Borrowed from Italian irredentista, from (Italia) irredenta (“unredeemed Italy”).
Questions about irredentist
- What does irredentist mean?
- Irredentist means someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism.
- What part of speech is irredentist?
- Irredentist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irredentist?
- Irredentist is pronounced /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/.
- What is the plural of irredentist?
- The plural of irredentist is irredentists.
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