Associations to the word «Irredentism»

Wiktionary

IRREDENTISM, noun. A doctrine advocating annexation of foreign lands by a country with historic or ethnic links.

Dictionary definition

IRREDENTISM, noun. The doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats