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Zionism

[ zahy-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. 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.


Zionism

/ ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. 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
  2. a policy or movement for Jews to return to Palestine from the Diaspora
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Zionism

  1. 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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Derived Forms

  • ˌZionˈistic, adjective
  • ˈZionist, nounadjective
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Other Words From

  • Zi·on·ist noun adjective
  • Zi·on·is·tic adjective
  • Zi·on·ite [zahy, -, uh, nahyt], 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Zionism1

First recorded in 1895–1900; Zion + -ism
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Example Sentences

You dedicated part of your book to covering Zionism—the belief that Jewish people deserve a state—and the dehumanization of Palestinians.

From Time

As Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, once said, "If you will it, it is no dream."

It opposes global capitalism, European integration and Zionism.

None 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.

By evening,” Shavit writes, “Zionism has taken the city of Lydda.

Rather strange of Zangwill, who is himself not a realist and has gone in for Zionism, to like Ibsen so much.

Zionism, Socialism and Anarchism come up in turn, and so many trenchant and vital things are said on these subjects.

Zionism, as a movement, has brought to fruition much of the latent love of the young Jew for his people and his religion.

Indeed, until the time of Herzl all the most prominent protagonists of Zionism were Christians.

With the advent of Herzl, however, Zionism was no more a matter of domestic concern only.

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