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Zionism

zio·nism

UK/ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm/ US/ˈzaɪʌˌnɪzʌm/ uncommon

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

Synonyms

Origin

From Zion + -ism, calqued in analogy to German Zionismus, coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890.

Phrases

  • African Zionism
  • Black Zionism
  • Christian Zionism
  • Cultural Zionism
  • General Zionism
  • Green Zionism
  • Jewish Zionism
  • Labor Zionism

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