zionism
1Zionism — is an international political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine (Hebrew: Eretz Yisra el, “the Land of Israel”), and continues primarily as support for the modern state of… …
2Zionism — i 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… …
3Zionism — (n.) movement for forming (later supporting) a Jewish national state in Palestine, 1896, from Ger. Zionismus (from ZION (Cf. Zion) + Latin derived suffix ismus); first recorded 1886 in Selbstemancipation, by Matthias Acher (pseudonym of Nathan… …
4Zionism — ► NOUN ▪ a movement for the development and protection of a Jewish nation in Israel. DERIVATIVES Zionist noun & adjective …
5Zionism — [zī′ə niz΄əm] n. a movement formerly for reestablishing, now for supporting, the Jewish national state of Israel Zionist n., adj. Zionistic adj …
6ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …
7Zionism — Zionist, n., adj. Zionistic, adj. Zionite /zuy euhnuyt /, n. /zuy euh niz euhm/, n. a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel. [1895 1900; ZION + ISM] * * * Jewish nationalism movement… …
8Zionism — A term coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890 for the movement seeking the return of the Jewish people to Palestine. After 1896, Zionism referred to the political movement founded by Theodor Herzl seeking a Jewish national home in Palestine. The… …
9Zionism — Although the idea of Zionism, or the return of the Jews to their ancestral homeland in Palestine, had been proposed by such diverse 19th century personalities as Moses Hess, Rabbi Hirsch Zvi Kalischer, and the leaders of Russian Zionism, it… …
10Zionism — [[t]za͟ɪ͟ənɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Zionism is a movement which was originally concerned with establishing a political and religious state in Palestine for Jewish people, and is now concerned with the development of Israel …