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diasporist

diasporist noun: a supporter of diasporism (an ideology in contrast with Zionism which focuses on strengthening Jewish communities across the world).

Noun

diasporist (plural diasporists)

  1. (Judaism) A supporter of diasporism (an ideology in contrast with Zionism which focuses on strengthening Jewish communities across the world).
    • Diasporism's limitations emerge starkly when one applies the concept to another people: the Palestinians. The statelessness of the Jewish past, after all, still describes the Palestinian present. The notion that Palestinians ought to accept their lot in the name of a high-minded ideology would...2024 January 14, Marc Tracy, “Is Israel Part of What It Means to Be Jewish?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2024
    • Unlike [Dory] Manor and other prominent figures among the "diasporists," there are also many opponents of the phenomenon and its significance, which the writers quoted in this story attribute to it.2025 April 17, Ithamar Handelman Smith, “How did Hebrew become a hot literary trend in the Diaspora?”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2025

Adjective

diasporist (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or supporting Jewish diasporism.
    • The sovereign state of Israel is a 76-year-old material reality — one that is home to over seven-million Jews. So, for diasporist Jews to speak as though the legitimacy of Israel — and Israel alone amongst the nations — is up for debate, is rather like arguing for infanticide as nothing more than a...2024 June 16, Barbara Kay, “The glaring silence of Jewish studies departments as anti-Israel mobs overrun their universities”, in National Post, Toronto, Ont.: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., →ISSN...

Forms of diasporist

pluraldiasporists

Origin of diasporist

From diaspora + -ist.

Questions about diasporist

What does diasporist mean?
Diasporist means a supporter of diasporism (an ideology in contrast with Zionism which focuses on strengthening Jewish communities across the world).
What part of speech is diasporist?
Diasporist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of diasporist?
The plural of diasporist is diasporists.

Words near diasporist in the dictionary

  1. diaspore
  2. diaspores
  3. diasporic
  4. diasporicity
  5. diasporism
  6. diasporist
  7. diasporists
  8. diasporite
  9. diasporites
  10. diasporoid
  11. diasporoids

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