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dezionification en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + Zion + -ification. At least in some uses formed by analogy with denazification.

Meanings

1. (rare, uncountable) A process of rendering something less Zionist, the abandonment of Zionist ideology, or the removal of Zionists from power.
   • It was on this basis that mainly non-Arab advocates of the undoing of the State of Israel as constituted in 1967-70 insisted on its ‘de-Zionification’, and its replacement by a bi-national Palestinian State. 1971, P. J. Vatikiotis, Conflict in the Middle East, Allen & Unwin:
   • Comments on social media ranged from sympathy with the tourists to criticism of their decision to travel to Israel for tourism despite the Israeli occupation and the mistreatment of Palestinians. “Dezionification of the UAE is needed,” one user tweeted. 2022 August 4, Mera Aladam, “Israeli police accused of racial profiling after arrest of Emirati tourists”, in Middle East Eye:
   • Their internal dezionification process has more to do with washing their hands of the accusing images pointed at them by others than any solidarity they might have with Palestinians. 2017, Marc H. Ellis, The Heartbeat of the Prophetic, Wipf & Stock, page 311:

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Relateds

dezionize · dezionization