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Revanchism vs Irredentism - What's the difference?

revanchism | irredentism |

As nouns the difference between irredentism and revanchism

is that irredentism is a doctrine advocating annexation of foreign lands by a country with historic or ethnic links while revanchism is the political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.

revanchism

English

(wikipedia revanchism)

Alternative forms

*revanchisme

Noun

(-)
  • The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 233:
  • *:Fleury had correctly grasped the wisdom of forestalling possible Austrian revanchisme over Lorraine, while France's biggest international problems emanated form England [...].
  • *2011 , (Simon Jenkins), The Guardian , 10 Nov 2011:
  • *:The EU lobby may have cobbled together institutions for a united states of Europe, but it was a fool's errand, and one that could only play into the hands of German revanchism .

    • Synonyms

    * revanche

    Related terms

    * revanchist

    irredentism

    English

    (wikipedia irredentism)

    Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * irredenta * irredentist