irredentism

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irredentism - 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]

irredentism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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