Zionism

[zahy-uh-niz-uhm]

Zi·on·ism

[zahy-uh-niz-uhm]
noun
a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.

Origin:
1895–1900; Zion + -ism

Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
Zi·on·is·tic, adjective
Zi·on·ite [zahy-uhnahyt] , noun
an·ti-Zi·on·ism, noun
an·ti-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
EXPAND
non-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
pro-Zi·on·ism, noun
pro-Zi·on·ist, noun, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Zionism (ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm)
 
n
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
 
'Zionist
 
n, —adj
 
Zion'istic
 
adj

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Zionism definition


The belief that 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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