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irredentism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪzəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R AH0 D EH1 N T IH0 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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