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zionism
CIDE DICTIONARY
zionism, 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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
zionism, n. a movement (orig.) for the reestablishment and (now) the development of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel.
Derivative
Zionist n.
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