irredentism
noun [ U ] politics specialized uk/ˌɪr.ɪˈden.tɪ.zəm/ us/ˌɪr.ɪˈden.tɪ.zəm/
领土收复主义，民族统一主义
a policy of returning land to a country that it belonged to in the past
They are concerned about the possible irredentism of the minority in their midst. 他们担心的是自己人中的少数民族所持有的领土收复主义观点。
His program was full of irredentism and ultra-nationalism. 他提出的方案充斥着民族统一主义和极端民族主义的说辞。
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- He also warned against continued irredentism - advocating the acquisition of territory considered to have been German.
- Italian irredentism succeeded in World War I with the annexation of Trieste and Trento.
- Irtica is the Turkish word for Islamic irredentism.