Zionism is a movement which was originally concerned with establishing a political and religious state in Palestine for Jewish people, and is now concerned with the development of Israel.
Zionism in British English
(ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm)
noun
1.
a political movement for the establishment and support of a national homeland for Jews in Palestine, now concerned chiefly with the development of the modern state of Israel
2.
a policy or movement for Jews to return to Palestine from the Diaspora
Derived forms
Zionist (ˈZionist)
noun, adjective
Zionistic (ˌZionˈistic)
adjective
Zionism in American English
(ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm)
noun
a movement formerly for reestablishing, now for supporting, the Jewish national state of Israel