noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪzəm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A nationalistic doctrine advocating the annexation of foreign lands with historic or ethnic links.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irridentism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
History
Etymology
From irredent(ist) + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
irredentizëm
— an annexation doctrine
Arabic:
وَحْدَوِيّة
(waḥdawiyya)
— an annexation doctrine
Armenian:
իռեդենտիզմ
(iṙedentizm)
— an annexation doctrine
Armenian:
վերադարձականություն
(veradarjakanutʻyun)
— an annexation doctrine
Asturian:
irredentismu
— an annexation doctrine
Basque:
irredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Belarusian:
ірэдэнтызм
(iredentyzm)
— an annexation doctrine
Bulgarian:
иредентизъм
(iredentizǎm)
— an annexation doctrine
Catalan:
irredemptisme
— an annexation doctrine
Chinese Mandarin:
領土收復主義 /领土收复主义
(lǐngtǔ shōufù zhǔyì)
— an annexation doctrine
Chinese Mandarin:
民族統一主義 /民族统一主义
(mínzútǒngyīzhǔyì)
— an annexation doctrine
Chinese Mandarin:
復土主義 /复土主义
(fùtǔ zhǔyì)
— an annexation doctrine
Czech:
iredentismus
— an annexation doctrine
Danish:
irredentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Dutch:
irredentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Esperanto:
iredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Finnish:
irredentismi
— an annexation doctrine
French:
irrédentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Friulian:
iredentisim
— an annexation doctrine
Galician:
irredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Georgian:
ირედენტიზმი
(iredenṭizmi)
— an annexation doctrine
German:
Irredentismus
— an annexation doctrine
Greek:
αλυτρωτισμός
(alytrotismós)
— an annexation doctrine
Hungarian:
irredentizmus
— an annexation doctrine
Indonesian:
iredentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Italian:
irredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Japanese:
民族統一主義
(minzoku tōitsu shugi)
— an annexation doctrine
Kazakh:
ирредентизм
(irredentizm)
— an annexation doctrine
Korean:
민족통일주의
(minjoktong'iljuui)
— an annexation doctrine
Macedonian:
иредентизам
(iredentizam)
— an annexation doctrine
Mingrelian:
ირედენტიზმი
(iredenṭizmi)
— an annexation doctrine
Norwegian Bokmål:
irredentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Norwegian Nynorsk:
irredentisme
— an annexation doctrine
Persian:
بازپیوندخواهی
— an annexation doctrine
Polish:
irredentyzm
— an annexation doctrine
Portuguese:
irredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Punjabi:
ਬੇਨਿਸਤਾਰਾਵਾਦ
(benistārāvād)
— an annexation doctrine
Romanian:
iredentism
— an annexation doctrine
Romansh:
irredentissem
— an annexation doctrine
Russian:
ирреденти́зм
(irredentízm)
— an annexation doctrine
Serbo-Croatian:
иредентѝзам
— an annexation doctrine
Serbo-Croatian:
iredentìzam
— an annexation doctrine
Slovene:
iredentízem
— an annexation doctrine
Spanish:
irredentismo
— an annexation doctrine
Swedish:
irredentism
— an annexation doctrine
Turkish:
irredantizm
— an annexation doctrine
Ukrainian:
іредентизм
(iredentyzm)
— an annexation doctrine
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa phục hồi lãnh thổ
— an annexation doctrine
Vietnamese:
thuyết phục hồi lãnh thổ
— an annexation doctrine
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa xét lại
— an annexation doctrine
Welsh:
iredentiaeth
— an annexation doctrine
Western Armenian:
հողահաւաք
(hoġahawakʻ)
— an annexation doctrine