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
The Zionistic notion was merely an unworked plot until the Dreyfus trial.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
When that great leader, Theodor Herzl, started a Zionistic movement without claiming to be the Jewish Messiah, he was putting the seal on a far-reaching change in Jewish sentiment.
From Judaism by Israel Abrahams
