reunificationn.
/ˌriːjuːnᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, /rɪˌjuːnᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌriˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Originally and chiefly Politics.
The action of unifying something (esp. a nation) again after a division or separation; the state of being united once more.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or fact of uniting or being united > [noun] > again
reunion1576
reunitingc1585
reunition1615
reunification1872
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > federalism > union or unification
union1461
unification1848
reunification1872
1872 Times 12 Sept. 9/1 The reunification of Germany is considered as a great and solid fact by the Sovereigns of the world.
1891 Daily News 26 Nov. 5/3 The division of that kingdom was deplored, and proposals made for its reunification.
1922 H. W. Nutt Princ. teaching High School Pupils ix. 304 The study assignment should..set up as a purpose the mastery of the problem through thorough analysis and reunification.
1976 Survey Winter 18 One can imagine the Japanese reaction to the reunification of Korea under communist leadership.
2003 Daily Tel. 4 Nov. i. 21/2 After the First World War a plebiscite was held in Transylvania which resulted in the reunification of Romania.
Derivatives
reunifiˈcationist n. a supporter or advocate of (political) reunification.
ΚΠ
1963 D. E. Gardinier Cameroon ix. 115 The reunificationists amassed a large majority in one of the nine electoral districts and ran well in two others.
2000 P. Kolstø Polit. Constr. Sites iii. 46 Moldova and Romania are still two separate states... History had given the reunificationists an appetite for more than they managed to swallow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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