irredentism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

irredentism
    n 1: the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the
         country to which they are ethnically or historically
         related [syn: {irredentism}, {irridentism}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

   Syn: irridentism.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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