Definition of "irredentism" [irredentism]

• A doctrine advocating annexation of foreign lands by a country with historic or ethnic links. (noun)

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• "Imagine - short of actual, genuine irredentism, that is - continental countries spilling over into their neighbours on each other's maps the way the Hulk bursts out of his t-shirts (2)."
• "And we offered the Soviet Union an opportunity to participate in a new security system based on a changed North Atlantic Alliance, seeking to address legitimate concerns with respect, so as to limit the likelihood of future irredentism."
• "This being said irredentism and the idea that apostasy to any religion is an affront to Allah do not contradict those points."