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Zionism
[ zahy-uh-niz-uhm ]
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.
Zionism
/ ˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
- 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
- a policy or movement for Jews to return to Palestine from the Diaspora
Zionism
- The belief that Jews (see also 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 .)
Derived Forms
- ˌܾDzˈپ, adjective
- ˈܾDzԾ, nounadjective
Other Word Forms
- ܾ·Dz· noun adjective
- ܾ·Dz··پ adjective
- ܾ·Dz·ٱ [zahy, -, uh, nahyt], noun
- ·پ-ܾ·Dz· noun
- an·ti-ܾ·Dz· noun adjective
- non-ܾ·Dz· noun adjective
- -ܾ·Dz· noun
- pro-ܾ·Dz· noun adjective
Example Sentences
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, another far-right politician who opposed the deal, has said his Religious Zionism party will quit if the war does not resume after the first phase ends.
The reported incidents included chants of “death to Israel” and “intifada now” and complaints that checkpoints at the encampment allegedly denied entry to Jewish students who refused to denounce Zionism.
The words “Zionist” or “Zionism” also did not appear in the survey.
Likewise, the ideology of Zionism that tries to justify Israeli policies is supposed to get a pass no matter what — while opponents, including many Jews, are liable to be denounced as antisemites.
But to many Jews, Zionism — the belief in a Jewish state in the ancestral Jewish homeland — is key to Jewish identity.
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