Definition of "irredentist" [irredentist]

• One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government. (noun)

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• "He spent much of 1999 explaining how Clinton's Kosovo policy would lead to a disastrous regional war along with an "irredentist" Kosovo bent on territorial conquest."
• "Israeli political leaders are depicted as 'irredentist', 'hawkish', and"
• "§ Israeli political leaders are depicted as 'irredentist', 'hawkish', and 'ultra-nationalist'."