Noun: Zionism
| Singular | Zionism |
| Plural | Zionisms |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1996, Gal Allon, Allon Gal, Jerold S. Auerbach, Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews, page 151:]
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A version of Zionism from the 1940s might perhaps have coexisted with an equal Palestinian state, but its mature version, fed by military victories and unwavering American support, no longer can. [2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2019:]
Nouns inflected like Zionism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor.
3. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor.
4. Latin Sīōnder.
5. Old English Syon
6. Middle English Sion
7. ▲
8. Early New High German Zioninflu.
9. English Zion
10. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
13. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
14. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
15. Proto-Indo-European *-mos
16. Proto-Indo-European *-mós
17. Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
18. Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
19. English -ism
20. German Zionismuscalq.
21. English Zionism
22. From Zion + -ism, calqued in analogy to German Zionismus, coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890. See: German Nouns '
Zionismus'.
Verbs referencing "Zionism"
Finnish Nouns
sionismi, Hungarian Nouns
cionizmus.