Zionism
Pronunciations
| Zionism | (ZYE-uh-nizm) | listen |
Definitions
n. A political movement that worked to establish a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel.
n. The belief that the Jewish people have the right to a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.
Example Sentences
"Arabs and Palestinians generally oppose Zionism, as the explicitly Jewish character of the Israeli state means that Jews have privileges that others don’t." (source)
Languages of Origin
- English
Etymology
Zion + -ism
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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Notes
See also Zionist.
Definitions of Zionism vary widely.
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