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09:48 Dec 15, 2018 |
English to French translations [PRO] History / Post Première Guerre mondiale | |||||||
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4 | communautés grecques non-rachetées |
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communautés grecques non-rachetées Explanation: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrédentisme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentism Irredentism is any political or popular movement that seeks to claim/reclaim and occupy a land that the movement's members consider to be a "lost" (or "unredeemed") territory from their nation's past. ... Irredentism may operate as a device for a government to redirect their citizens' discontent against outsiders. It is possible that the author avoided the term "irredentism" because of its use by Italian and other fascisms. However, it seems more likely that the reason was purely a question of syntax. The irredentists would be the redeemers, not the redeemeed, unless the communities in question were, themselves, struggling to become part of Greece. However, even then, the term "unredeemed" doesn't say that the communities that were unredeemed were irridentist. So, the text only tells us that the Greek state was irredentist. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2018-12-15 13:11:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @Asker "Unredeemed" sounds odd to my English ears, as I associate the term more with what religious people might think about those (such as myself) who aren't saved by the Word. ;) |
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