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kibbutz

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kɪˈbʊts

Definitions

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

Equivalents

Españolkibutz
Françaiskibboutz
DeutschKibbuz
16 more languages
Afrikaanskibboets
Cymraegcibwts
Ελληνικάκιμπούτς
Esperantokibuco
Bahasa Indonesiakibbutz
Italianokibbutz
日本語キブツ
한국어키부츠
Nederlandskibboets
Portuguêskibutz
Русскийкибуц
Türkçekibutz
Українськакібуц

Examples

The kibbutzim along the Gaza border have been socialist communes and some of the most tenacious bastions of the Israeli left. I know people from those kibbutzim who, after years of almost daily rocket attacks from Gaza, still clung to the hope of peace, as if to a religious cult.”

CEFR level

C2
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