Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an Israeli communal{2} form of agricultural settlement. Originally it was predominantly agricultural and practiced a very high level of sharing, including collective rearing of children. More recently (by 1998) industries have taken over a significant role in the Kibbutz economy, and the level of sharing has dropped significantly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
community , usually avillage , based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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A root with a similar meaning, kibits, survives in modern Hebrew in the word kibbutz and the verb, to gather.
Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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LAMB: Define three things: the word kibbutz, kibbutzim and kibbutznik.
Beyond the Promised Land: Jews and Arabs on a Hard Road to a New Israel 1994
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As I explained in my last post, the kibbutz is a thoroughly socialist place.
David Dagan: Kibbutz Diary: Business savvy? These socialists have plenty 2010
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The needs of the kibbutz were the deciding factor, and because of the shortage of young women there was always a compelling reason to direct them to the service professions, even if they had been trained in agricultural work.
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When Israel became independent, the Labor-Zionist movement was the dominant political movement, and the kibbutz was the vanguard of the Labor-Zionist movement.
"Israel Is Our Home" 2007
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When Israel became independent, the Labor-Zionist movement was the dominant political movement, and the kibbutz was the vanguard of the Labor-Zionist movement.
"Israel Is Our Home" 2007
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You have a decent point, but remember that the second and third generation people who grew up in the kibbutz are the ones who want to get out.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Kibbutzim and the Failure of Socialism: 2007
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And this is a guy named Max Nathans (ph), who lives on an kibbutz, which is an Israeli communal settlement.
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FRANKEL: A kibbutz is a communal, originally agricultural, collective.
Beyond the Promised Land: Jews and Arabs on a Hard Road to a New Israel 1994
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The kibbutz is an idea that grew out of the requirements of a state-in-waiting in the early 20th century.
unknown title 2011
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