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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Zi·on·ism       [zahy-uh-niz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–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] Pronunciation Key, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Zi·on·ism       (zī'ə-nĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel.

Zi'on·ist adj. & n., Zi'on·is'tic adj.
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zionism

noun
1. a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine 
2. a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Zionism

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.)


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Zionism

Zi"on*ism\, n. [Zion + -ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; -- called also Zion movement. -- Zi"on*ist, n. -- Zi`on*is"tic, a.

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