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Zionism - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Zionism : (noun)
1: a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland
for Jews in Palestine [syn: Zionism]
2: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th
century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in
Palestine [syn: Zionism, Zionist movement]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Zionism : \Zi"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 movement. --
Zi"on*ist, n. -- Zi`on*is"tic, a.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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