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- proper noun A
cultural andideological movement of the early 20th century, claiming that much of theMiddle East had been aHebrew -speakingcivilization inantiquity , and hoping to create a Hebrew nation embracing bothArabs andJews .
Etymologies
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Canaan + -ism
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Avnery in the end could not know which of his split personalities to adhere to, the Irgunist, the disciplined soldier or the pondering philosopher of Canaanism.
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