Irredentism
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Irredentism is usually understood as a desire by one state to annex a territory of another state. This desire can be motivated by ethnic reasons because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent state.
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See also
- Ethnic nationalism
- Expansionism
- Lebensraum
- Racial nationalism
- Religious nationalism
- Separatism
- Secession
- Manifest destiny
- Pan-nationalism
- Phyletism
- Reactionary
- Rump state
- Status quo ante bellum
- Territorial dispute
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