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Two things that split up now sharing custody of a flag.
means The act of bringing separated parts of something — usually a country or territory — back together into one unified whole.
from Built from the Latin re- ('again') plus 'unification,' itself from unus ('one') and facere ('to make'). So, literally, 'to make one again.' The word gets reached for most often in the context of nations split by war or politics — the pieces coming back together, flag and all.
- germany 1990
- east absorbed west's deutsche mark overnight
- korea's version
- still theoretical, heavily armed, deeply awkward
- china's framing
- taiwan was never actually separate, officially
- root irony
- usually requires one side losing, not merging