noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of Israel as a Jewish state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A religion practiced throughout sub-Saharan Africa, most popular in Swaziland, consisting of a mixture of Protestantism and animism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A Christian eschatological concept that links the migration of Jews to Palestine with apocalyptic events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: policy
5
noun
Meaning 5
a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Zionist movement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, social movement, front
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn)bor. Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōnbor. Old English Syon Middle English Sion Early New High German Zioninflu. English Zion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism German Zionismuscalq. English Zionism From Zion + -ism, calqued in analogy to German Zionismus, coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
sionizëm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Arabic:
صَهْيُونِيَّة
(ṣahyūniyya)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Arabic:
صِهْيُونِيَّة
(ṣihyūniyya)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Arabic:
صُهْيُونِيَّة
(ṣuhyūniyya)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Arabic:
صِهْيَوْنِيَّة
(ṣihyawniyya)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Aragonese:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Armenian:
սիոնիզմ
(sionizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Asturian:
sionismu
— Jewish nationalist movement
Azerbaijani:
sionizm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Belarusian:
сіяні́зм
(sijanízm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Bengali:
সিয়োনবাদ
(śiẏōnbad)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Breton:
sionouriezh
— Jewish nationalist movement
Breton:
sionegezh
— Jewish nationalist movement
Bulgarian:
циони́зъм
(cionízǎm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Catalan:
sionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Cherokee:
ᏌᏯᏂᎤᏃᎯᏳ
(sayaniunohiyu)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Chinese Mandarin:
猶太復國主義 /犹太复国主义
(Yóutài-fùguózhǔyì)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Chinese Mandarin:
錫安主義 /锡安主义
(Xī'ān-zhǔyì)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Czech:
sionismus
— Jewish nationalist movement
Danish:
zionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Dutch:
zionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Esperanto:
cionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Estonian:
sionism
— Jewish nationalist movement
Finnish:
sionismi
— Jewish nationalist movement
French:
sionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Galician:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Georgian:
სიონიზმი
(sionizmi)
— Jewish nationalist movement
German:
Zionismus
— Jewish nationalist movement
Bavarian German:
Zionismus
— Jewish nationalist movement
Greek:
σιωνισμός
(sionismós)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Haitian Creole:
syonis
— Jewish nationalist movement
Hebrew:
ציונות \ צִיּוֹנוּת
(tsiyonút)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Hindi:
यहूदीवाद
(yahūdīvād)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Hindi:
सियोनवाद
(siyonvād)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Hindi:
सीयनीज़म
(sīyanīzam)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Hungarian:
cionizmus
— Jewish nationalist movement
Ido:
cionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Interlingua:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Irish:
Siónachas
— Jewish nationalist movement
Italian:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Japanese:
シオニズム
(shionizumu)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Kazakh:
сионизм
(sionizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Korean:
시오니즘
(sionijeum)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Korean:
시온주의
(sionjuui)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Central Kurdish:
زایۆنیزم
(zayonîzm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Northern Kurdish:
siyonîzm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Kyrgyz:
сионизм
(sionizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Ladino:
sionizmo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Latvian:
cionisms
— Jewish nationalist movement
Lithuanian:
sionizmas
— Jewish nationalist movement
Macedonian:
ционизам
(cionizam)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Malay:
zionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Manx:
Seionaght
— Jewish nationalist movement
Norwegian Bokmål:
sionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sionisme
— Jewish nationalist movement
Pashto:
صهيونيت
(sayhunyát)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Pashto:
صهيونيزم
(sahyūnízǝm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Pashto:
زاینيزم
(zāyanízm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Pashto:
زيونيزم
(zayonízam)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Persian:
صهیونیسم
(sahyunism)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Polish:
syjonizm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Portuguese:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Romanian:
sionism
— Jewish nationalist movement
Russian:
сиони́зм
(sionízm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Scots:
Zionism
— Jewish nationalist movement
Serbo-Croatian:
ционѝзам
— Jewish nationalist movement
Serbo-Croatian:
cionìzam
— Jewish nationalist movement
Slovak:
sionizmus
— Jewish nationalist movement
Slovene:
sionizem
— Jewish nationalist movement
Spanish:
sionismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Swahili:
Uzayuni
— Jewish nationalist movement
Swedish:
sionism
— Jewish nationalist movement
Tagalog:
Sayonismo
— Jewish nationalist movement
Tajik:
сионизм
(sionizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Thai:
ไซออนิสต์
(sai-ɔɔ-nít)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Turkish:
siyonizm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Turkish:
siyonculuk
— Jewish nationalist movement
Ukrainian:
сіоні́зм
(sionízm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Urdu:
صہیونیت
(sahyuniyat)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Urdu:
صیہونیت
(saīhūniyat)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Uzbek:
sionizm
— Jewish nationalist movement
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa Xi-ôn
— Jewish nationalist movement
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa Xi-ôn-nít
— Jewish nationalist movement
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa phục quốc Do Thái
— Jewish nationalist movement
Volapük:
siunim
— Jewish nationalist movement
Welsh:
Seioniaeth
— Jewish nationalist movement
Yiddish:
ציעניזם
(tsienizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement
Yiddish:
ציוניזם
(tsienizm)
— Jewish nationalist movement