'Zionism' definitions:
Definition of 'Zionism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
noun
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]
Definition of 'Zionism'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]