Zionism
a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel and that now supports the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland.
Origin of Zionism
1Other words from Zionism
- Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
- Zi·on·is·tic, adjective
- Zi·on·ite [zahy-uhnahyt], /ˈzaɪˌənaɪt/, noun
- an·ti-Zi·on·ism, noun
- an·ti-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
- non-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
- pro-Zi·on·ism, noun
- pro-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
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How to use Zionism in a sentence
You dedicated part of your book to covering Zionism—the belief that Jewish people deserve a state—and the dehumanization of Palestinians.
The Troubling Consequences of Seeing Muslims as a Racial Group | Sanya Mansoor | December 13, 2021 | TimeAs Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, once said, "If you will it, it is no dream."
Would Pro-Israel Billionaires Adelson and Saban Really Buy the NYT? | Eli Lake | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt opposes global capitalism, European integration and Zionism.
In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust | Daniel Genis | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNone of it has lessened my belief in Zionism or the imperative of Israel as a home and sanctuary for Jews.
From the very beginning there was a substantial contradiction between Zionism and Lydda.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land | Sol Stern | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
By evening,” Shavit writes, “Zionism has taken the city of Lydda.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land | Sol Stern | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRather strange of Zangwill, who is himself not a realist and has gone in for Zionism, to like Ibsen so much.
Discourses of Keidansky | Bernard G. RichardsZionism, Socialism and Anarchism come up in turn, and so many trenchant and vital things are said on these subjects.
Discourses of Keidansky | Bernard G. RichardsZionism, as a movement, has brought to fruition much of the latent love of the young Jew for his people and his religion.
A Jewish Chaplain in France | Lee J. LevingerIndeed, until the time of Herzl all the most prominent protagonists of Zionism were Christians.
Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question | Lucien WolfWith the advent of Herzl, however, Zionism was no more a matter of domestic concern only.
The Jewish State | Theodor Herzl
British Dictionary definitions for Zionism
/ (ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm) /
a political movement for the establishment and support of a national homeland for Jews in Palestine, now concerned chiefly with the development of the modern state of Israel
a policy or movement for Jews to return to Palestine from the Diaspora
Derived forms of Zionism
- Zionist, noun, adjective
- Zionistic, adjective
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Cultural definitions for Zionism
The belief that Jews (see also Jews) should have their own nation; Jewish nationalism. Zionism gained much support among Jews and others in the early twentieth century, and the hoped-for nation was established in the late 1940s in Palestine, as the state of Israel. Zionism is opposed by most Arabs. (See Arab-Israeli conflict.)
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