Zi·on·ism /ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm/
Zi·on·ism n. 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.
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Zionism
n 1: a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland
for Jews in Palestine
2: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th
century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in
Palestine [syn: Zionist movement]