Zionism
noun
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.
Zionistic
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a word derived from
Zionism.
Example Sentences
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The motivation seemed as much ideological — the collective was affiliated with the Hashomer Hatzair socialist movement — as Zionistic.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2016
After an abortive Zionistic attempt to found a Jewish colony at Tiberias he sailed with a Turkish expedition against Venice-owned Cyprus, and there had a vicarious revenge on the city that had ruined him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Zionistic notion was merely an unworked plot until the Dreyfus trial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many orthodox Jews stood aloof from the Zionistic movement because it was not Messianic, while many unorthodox Jews joined it just because of the movement's detachment from Messianic ideas.
From Judaism by Israel Abrahams
He died in the summer of 1904, amid the consternation of supporters and the deep grief of opponents of his Zionistic aims.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
