Zionism
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Zionism
- /ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm/
Where it comes from
From Zion + -ism, calqued in analogy to German Zionismus, coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890.
noun Zionisms
- Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of Israel as a Jewish state. These investigations indicate that although a large proportion of American Jews call themselves Zionists, their meanings of Zionism are closer to what some investigators have called pro-Israelism. According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively
- A religion practiced throughout sub-Saharan Africa, most popular in Swaziland, consisting of a mixture of Protestantism and animism.
- A Christian eschatological concept that links the migration of Jews to Palestine with apocalyptic events.
Similar: Herzlianism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: racism, zionistan, nazionism, palestinism, zionite, nazionist, zion, israelophilia, israelization, zionist entity, itoism, british israelism, israel, new israel, yiddishism, israelophile
noun
Similar: Herzlianism
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noun Jewish nationalist movement
| Español | sionismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시오니즘 sionijeum, 시온주의 sionjuui |
| 日本語 | シオニズム shionizumu |
| 中文 | 猶太復國主義 /犹太复国主义 Yóutài-fùguózhǔyì, 錫安主義 /锡安主义 Xī'ān-zhǔyì |
| हिन्दी | यहूदीवाद yahūdīvād, सियोनवाद siyonvād, सीयनीज़म sīyanīzam |
| Kiswahili | Uzayuni |
| Português | sionismo |
| Français | sionisme |
| Deutsch | Zionismus |
| Italiano | sionismo |
| Ελληνικά | σιωνισμός sionismós |
| Română | sionism |
| Русский | сиони́зм sionízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa Xi-ôn, chủ nghĩa Xi-ôn-nít, chủ nghĩa phục quốc Do Thái |
| العربية | صَهْيُونِيَّة ṣahyūniyya, صِهْيُونِيَّة ṣihyūniyya, صُهْيُونِيَّة ṣuhyūniyya, صِهْيَوْنِيَّة ṣihyawniyya |
| עברית | ציונות \ צִיּוֹנוּת tsiyonút |
Talk about this word "Zionism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zionism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Zionism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zionism "Zionism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zionism.Cite this
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title = {Zionism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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