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Definition of Kibbutz
1. Noun. A collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively.
Geographical relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion
Member holonyms: Kibbutznik
Definition of Kibbutz
1. Noun. A community, usually a village, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kibbutz
1. a collective farm in Israel [n -BUTZIM]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kibbutz
Literary usage of Kibbutz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Land Or Peace: Whither Israel? by Yael Yishai (1987)
"But even the skeptics admitted that "the only organized force in the country is
the kibbutz movement." The support given by the kibbutz to the government, ..."
2. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"Ruth and Gabi came from kibbutz Tel Yosef in the Jezreel Valley. I boarded a bus
for Afula, the closest destination town. Ruth's parents, Dodi and Rivka, ..."
3. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"At its height, in 1947, the kibbutz movement included no more than 7 percent of
Israel's population. Nonetheless, the kibbutz movement, ..."
4. Programming Opportunities for Students Gifted & Talented in the Visual Arts by Gilbert A. Clark, Enid Zimmerman (1994)
"Two of the children grew up in an Israeli kibbutz and both studied art and chose
adult vocations in the arts. A third child grew up on a moshav, ..."
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