irredentism

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All other Serbs felt humiliated by what they regarded as a capitulation to irredentism, bound to have a disintegrative domino effect on the rest of Serbia's possessions.

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  1. The system or political program of the Irredentists. [Depretis and his supporters declare] its [Pentarchist] protection of Anarchist tendencies, and especially of irredentism, to be fraught with danger to peace within and abroad. New York Evening Post, June 1, 1886.

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  • In the light of the problems the construction of a "Macedonian" ethnicity of Western Bulgarian language has posed both internally (identity crisis, fractioning of the population, deconstruction) and with regard to the wider Balkan region (irredentism in form of ethnocentric expansionism), the nature of emergence of "Macedonian" identity remains a valid open question. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
  • Because the Serbian factor was diminishing from early 1800´s and the newly-liberated Greek state was spiritual Piedmont of northern Greeks inhabiting Ottoman Macedonia, the Pseudomacedonian identity in the later half of the 19th century represented a prospective option which would serve as basis for Pan-Macedonian irredentism. —  SofiaEcho RSS feed
  • Only by firmly planting the flag deep into every part of the Land of Israel can we ensure our continued existence in the face of ongoing Arab expansionism and Palestinian irredentism. —  Not Ready for my Burqua
  • So 'Old Hungary 'lives on, albeit here in the form of an irredentism-flavoured crossword puzzle. —  WordPress.com Top Blogs
  • Ethiopia's prime minister, Meles Zenawi, expressed satisfaction, saying that Addis Ababa had succeeded, through its intervention in Somalia, in splitting the Courts Movement and isolating al-Shabaab so that Islamist irredentism was no longer a threat. —  [unknown placeholder $my.siteName$]
 

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