irredentism
/ir-i-den-tiz-uhm/US // ˌɪr ɪˈdɛn tɪz əm //
继承权,继承性,剥夺自由主义,种族隔离
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an Italian association that became prominent in 1878, advocating the incorporation into Italy of certain neighboring regions having a primarily Italian population: After World War II, Irredentism faded away in Italian politics.
- : the acquisition or annexation of a region previously included in another country because of cultural, historical, ethnic, racial, or other ties, or advocacy for such an acquisition:Few countries are explicitly mandating irredentism, but having ethnic communities divided by borders created by colonialists is hugely troublesome.
Examples
And irredentism is one of the worst political plagues for all the three parties who usually suffer from it.
Most of all she has to be careful not to claim territory, which would mean everlasting unrest and a new irredentism.
The west shut its eyes tight and threw money at the bad spirits of irredentism and re-emergent communism.
European Unionism clashed with brown-turning-black nationalism and irredentism.
The first motif is that of regional rivalry coupled with irredentism.
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