Zionism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Zion + -ism, calqued in analogy to German Zionismus, coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890.
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Zionism (countable and uncountable, plural Zionisms)
- (politics) Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of a Jewish state in Israel.
- 1996, Gal Allon, Allon Gal, Jerold S. Auerbach, Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews, page 151:
- 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 and considers the settlement of Jews in Israel as essential, the vast majority of American Jews would not be considered Zionists.
- A religion practiced throughout sub-Saharan Africa and 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.
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[edit]Jewish nationalist movement
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