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frazzled

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7. I learned one the other day

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:00 PM

Mar 2022

While reading the long NYT article about Putin’s equally long slog toward anti-West authoritarianism.

ir·re·den·tism
/ˌi(r)rəˈdenˌtizəm/
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noun
noun: irredentism
a policy of advocating the restoration to a country of any territory formerly belonging to it.
HISTORICAL
(in 19th-century Italian politics) a policy of advocating the return to Italy of all Italian-speaking districts subject to other countries.

I had never encountered that term before, and went straight to the dictionary to find its meaning. Now I have a new word to drop at cocktail parties (if I ever get the opportunity to attend a cocktail party ever again).

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I learned a new word today. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 OP

I like it! Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #1

That's also a good word. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #3

That is a great word! madaboutharry Mar 2022 #2

I'm so sorry I got sucked into one of them today. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2022 #5

And republicontroversy? nt Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #4

Urban Dictionary multigraincracker Mar 2022 #6

It is. ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2022 #9

I learned one the other day frazzled Mar 2022 #7

They invent nontroversys by asking stupid questions pwb Mar 2022 #8

Thank you! BluesRunTheGame Mar 2022 #10