Megali Idea doctrine

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19th-century political concept Greek nationalist ideology irredentist political doctrine

The Megali Idea doctrine was a 19th- and early 20th-century Greek nationalist vision aiming to unite all historically Greek-inhabited or formerly Byzantine territories into a single expanded Greek state.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Megali Idea	5
Megali Idea (Greek irredentist policy)	1
Megali Idea doctrine canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Megali Idea doctrine
Context triple: [Ioannis Kolettis, notableFor, Megali Idea doctrine]

A. Macedonianism
Macedonianism was a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, leading to major theological controversy in the early Church.
B. Hallstein Doctrine
The Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War-era West German foreign policy that refused diplomatic relations with any country (except the USSR) that recognized East Germany as a sovereign state.
C. Decree of Union with the Greeks
The Decree of Union with the Greeks was a 1439 ecclesiastical agreement issued at the Council of Florence that temporarily reconciled doctrinal differences and proclaimed reunion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
D. European philhellenic movement
The European philhellenic movement was a widespread 19th-century current of intellectual, cultural, and political support across Europe that championed the Greek cause for independence and idealized ancient Greek heritage.
E. Kollyvades movement
The Kollyvades movement was an 18th-century Orthodox monastic revival on Mount Athos that emphasized frequent Communion, strict adherence to liturgical tradition, and the patristic spiritual heritage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Megali Idea doctrine
Target entity description: The Megali Idea doctrine was a 19th- and early 20th-century Greek nationalist vision aiming to unite all historically Greek-inhabited or formerly Byzantine territories into a single expanded Greek state.

A. Macedonianism
Macedonianism was a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, leading to major theological controversy in the early Church.
B. Hallstein Doctrine
The Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War-era West German foreign policy that refused diplomatic relations with any country (except the USSR) that recognized East Germany as a sovereign state.
C. Decree of Union with the Greeks
The Decree of Union with the Greeks was a 1439 ecclesiastical agreement issued at the Council of Florence that temporarily reconciled doctrinal differences and proclaimed reunion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
D. European philhellenic movement
The European philhellenic movement was a widespread 19th-century current of intellectual, cultural, and political support across Europe that championed the Greek cause for independence and idealized ancient Greek heritage.
E. Kollyvades movement
The Kollyvades movement was an 18th-century Orthodox monastic revival on Mount Athos that emphasized frequent Communion, strict adherence to liturgical tradition, and the patristic spiritual heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century political concept ⓘ Greek nationalist ideology ⓘ irredentist political doctrine ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
basedOn	historical memory of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ perception of continuous Greek presence in former Byzantine lands ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
describedBySource	Greek parliamentary debates of the 19th century ⓘ historiography of modern Greece ⓘ
endCause	Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) ⓘ population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
formulatedBy	Ioannis Kolettis ⓘ
goal	restoration of a Greek state approximating the borders of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ unification of all historically Greek-inhabited territories into one state ⓘ
hasEffect	expansion of Greek territory after the Balkan Wars ⓘ heightened ethnic tensions in the Balkans and Asia Minor ⓘ shaping of modern Greek national identity ⓘ
hasPart	claim to Asia Minor ⓘ claim to Constantinople ⓘ claim to Crete ⓘ claim to Cyprus ⓘ claim to Epirus ⓘ claim to Macedonia ⓘ claim to Thrace ⓘ claim to the Aegean islands ⓘ
ideology	Eastern Orthodox Christian identity ⓘ Greek nationalism ⓘ
inception	1844 ⓘ
influenced	Greek foreign policy in the early 20th century ⓘ Greek foreign policy in the late 19th century ⓘ Greek involvement in the Balkan Wars ⓘ Greek military campaign in Asia Minor (1919–1922) ⓘ Greek participation in World War I on the Allied side ⓘ
mainSubject	Greek irredentism ⓘ territorial expansion of Greece ⓘ
nativeLabel	Μεγάλη Ιδέα ⓘ
opposedBy	Albanian nationalism ⓘ Bulgarian nationalism ⓘ Turkish nationalism ⓘ
relatedTo	Balkan Wars ⓘ First Balkan War ⓘ linked to: Balkan Wars Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) ⓘ linked to: Turkish War of Independence Second Balkan War ⓘ linked to: Balkan Wars Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
significantEvent	Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922 ⓘ linked to: Allied occupation of Smyrna speech of Ioannis Kolettis in the Greek Parliament in 1844 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
translation	Great Idea ⓘ

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