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Zionism — 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… … Wikipedia
Zionism — (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… … Etymology dictionary
Zionism — ► NOUN ▪ a movement for the development and protection of a Jewish nation in Israel. DERIVATIVES Zionist noun & adjective … English terms dictionary
Zionism — [zī′ə niz΄əm] n. a movement formerly for reestablishing, now for supporting, the Jewish national state of Israel Zionist n., adj. Zionistic adj … English World dictionary
ZIONISM — 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… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Zionism — 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… … Universalium
Zionism — 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… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Zionism — 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… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Zionism — [[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 … English dictionary
Zionism — A movement for the establishment of a national homeland for the Jews, arising in the 1880s from a reaction to anti Semitism in Europe, not only in the form of pogroms in the Russian Empire popular outbreaks of violence directed against Jews… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
