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/ɪɹɪˈdɛntɪst/ · noun
Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism..
As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
In 1885, a Bulgarian irredentist movement seized control of neighbouring Ottoman-ruled Eastern Roumelia and announced the creation of a Greater Bulgaria.
Use irredentist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Irredentist means Someone who calls for the seizure or recovery of territories or states currently subject to other countries; an adherent of irredentism..
Common synonyms include irridentist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As the assassination of Sadat proved, the Arab irredentists, like the Zionist ultras, have always been unerring in picking off any incipient mediators.
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