单词 | zionism |
释义 | Zionismn. 1. Originally: a movement among Jewish people for the re-establishment of a Jewish nation in Palestine. Later: a movement for the development and protection of the state of Israel. Also: advocacy of or support for this.Zionism was established as a political movement in 1897 at the initiative of Theodor Herzl (1860–1904). The state of Israel was established in 1948. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > Jewish Zionism1896 territorialism1905 1896 Jewish Chron. 15 May 10/1 I would ask them..to consider whether Zionism..really deserves to be preached down as a standing danger to Israel's progress. 1915 J. E. Sampter Course in Zionism 63 The Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs..has also given a remarkable impetus to American Zionism. 1955 Times 9 May 9/3 It happened that Jewish workers in considerable numbers were the first to come to Palestine in answer to the appeal of Zionism. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Mar. 53/1 The central affirmation of Zionism has always been the right of Jewish immigration and the need for sufficient territory to accommodate those who would want or need to come. 2013 Economist 7 Dec. 89/1 What could have been a minor academic squabble is transformed here into a wide-ranging discussion of some of the major ideological disputes of the 20th century—Marxism, Zionism, liberalism and the significance of the Russian revolution. 2. A religious movement represented by a group of independent churches in southern Africa which practise a form of Christianity similar to that of Pentecostal churches, but incorporating elements of African traditional worship and belief. Also: the beliefs and practices of this movement. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Zionism > [noun] Zionism1948 1948 B. G. M. Sundkler Bantu Prophets S. Afr. v. 167 One Zionist group..were led by Mngcube for a while... ‘His’ Zionist group is in the process of dissolving into fragments of which some are attracted to heathenism, others to some other form of Zionism. 1994 A. Hastings Church in Afr.: 1450–1950 xi. 502 It was around 1910 that almost all the main strands of Zionism appeared in South Africa, not only the central tradition identified with the Nkonyanes, but the Church of the Light..and the Amanazaretha. 2016 U. Strohbehn Zionist Churches in Malawi ii. 76 In South Africa, Zionism is, parallel to Malawi, strongest among the Nguni; the churches are numerous in Swaziland, too. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896 |
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