Zionism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]