zionism(n = noun.group) zionist movement - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine; Array
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]