Zionistic, adj.

zionistic
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First published 2021

# Zionisticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zionistic mean?

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective Zionistic, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective Zionistic?

About 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.016
1900 | 0.017
1910 | 0.017
1920 | 0.016
1930 | 0.018
1940 | 0.019
1950 | 0.016
1960 | 0.014
1970 | 0.012
1980 | 0.01
1990 | 0.01
2000 | 0.0096
2010 | 0.0087

### How is the adjective Zionistic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzʌɪəˈnɪstɪk/
zigh-uh-NISS-tick

#### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪəˈnɪstɪk/
zigh-uh-NISS-tick

### Where does the adjective Zionistic come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective Zionistic is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zionistic is from 1887, in Unity (Chicago).

Zionistic is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: Zion n., ‑istic suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zinnober green, n. 1879–
2. zinnwaldite, n. 1850–
3. zino, n. 1982–
4. Zinovievite, adj. & n. 1936–
5. Zinoviev letter, n. 1924–
6. Zion, n. Old English–
7. Zion Curtain, n. 1951–
8. Zioner, n. 1681–1760
9. Zionism, n. 1896–
10. Zionist, n. & adj. a1649–
11. Zionistic, adj.1887–
12. Zionite, n. 1596–
13. Zionless, adj. 1908
14. Zionward, adv. 1647–
15. Zionwards, adv. 1674–
16. zip, n.² & adj. 1900–
17. zip, n.³ 1962–
18. zip, n.⁴ 1968–
19. zip, v.¹ 1852–
20. zip, v.² 1964–
21. zip, int. & n.¹ 1678–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: Zion n., ‑istic suffix.
< Zion n. + ‑istic suffix. In sense 2 after German zionistisch (N. Birnbaum 1890, in Selbst-Emancipation 1 Apr. 4/1).

Compare slightly later Zionist adj.

## Meaning & use

1. 1.
   1887
   † Apparently used in the context of Nonconformist Christianity (cf. Zion n. 2, Zionist n. A.1), but the precise meaning is unclear. Obsolete. rare.
   The text cited in quot. 1887 is a Unitarian publication.
   1. 1887

      > The book is largely biblical, but is not Zionistic.

      Unity (Chicago) 15 January 256/2
   Christianity
2. 2.
   1894–
   Relating to or advocating Zionism (Zionism n. 1); = Zionist adj.
   1. 1894

      > The ‘Zionistic’ movement for the colonization of which the Juedische Volkszeitung..is the German organ, is increasing among the Jewish young people.

      Peculiar People June 64
   2. 1919

      > His Zionistic activity began in 1875,..when he collected from the Jews of Radom..a large sum of money for the Jewish settlements of Palestine.

      B. L. Gordon, New Judea p. xlvi
   3. 2010

      > Many of the residents of Gush Etzion are Orthodox Jews from America, who are among the most Zionistic citizens in Israel.

      S. J. Kramer, Encountering Israel 193
   1. pan-Slavic 1848–
      Of, relating to, or involving all Slavs or Slavonic-speaking peoples; of, relating to, or advocating pan-Slavism.
   2. pan-Slavistic 1848–
      = pan-Slavic, adj.
   3. pan-Slavonic 1848–
      = pan-Slavic, adj.
   4. Panhellenist 1850–
      Of or relating to a Panhellenist; characterized by Panhellenism.
   5. pan-Arab 1881–
      Of, relating to, representing, or involving all Arab peoples or states, or all speakers of Arabic; advocating pan-Arabism.
   6. pan-Arabic 1881–
      = pan-Arab, adj.
   7. pan-Africander 1884–
      Of or relating to all Afrikaners; of, relating to, or designating a government or state which would include all South Africans of Dutch descent or…
   8. Zionistic 1894–
      Relating to or advocating Zionism (Zionism, n. 1); = Zionist, adj.
   9. Zionist 1896–
      Of or relating to Zionism (Zionism, n. 1); designating a Zionist (sense A.2).
   10. pan-Germanistic 1903–
       Of, relating to, or advocating of pan-Germanism.
   11. Africanistic 1904–
       Of, relating to, or characteristic of Africa or Africans; spec. of or relating to Africanism.
   12. Arab nationalist 1913–
       a. n. An adherent or advocate of Arab nationalism; b. adj. of or relating to Arab nationalism.
   13. pan-Germanist 1916–
       Of, relating to, or characterized by pan-Germanism.
   14. Ottomanizing 1917–
   15. Yiddishist 1920–
       Of or relating to Yiddishism or Yiddishists; advocating or promoting Yiddish culture or language.
   16. pan-Arabist 1956–
       Advocating pan-Arabism; sympathetic to the views of pan-Arabists. Cf. pan-Arab, adj.
   17. Arabist 1957–
       Of or relating to Arab nationalism; pan-Arabist; (also) supporting Arab interests or causes, pro-Arab.
   18. pan-Africanist 1957–
       Of, relating to, or advocating pan-Africanism.
   19. Africanist 1958–
       Of, relating to, or characterized by African nationalism; espousing Africanism.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzʌɪəˈnɪstɪk/
zigh-uh-NISS-tick

### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪəˈnɪstɪk/
zigh-uh-NISS-tick

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

Zionistic typically occurs about 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

Zionistic is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of Zionistic, adj., 1890–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1890 | 0.016
1900 | 0.017
1910 | 0.017
1920 | 0.016
1930 | 0.018
1940 | 0.019
1950 | 0.016
1960 | 0.014
1970 | 0.012
1980 | 0.01
1990 | 0.01
2000 | 0.0096
2010 | 0.0087

Zionistic, adj. was first published in March 2021.

Zionistic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.