Islamist
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See also: islamist
English
Etymology
From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪsləmɪst/, /ˈɪzləmɪst/, /-ˈlɑːmɪst/, /-ˈlæmɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
Islamist (plural Islamists)
- (now rare) A Muslim. [from 19th c.]
- A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics. [from 1910s]
- A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs. [from 1980s]
Synonyms
- (Muslim): Mohammedan (dated, now offensive), Muslimist
- (Islamic studies specialist): Islamicist
- (Islamic fundamentalist): Quran thumper, Koran thumper, Koran basher, namazi (India), jihadi, jihadist
Derived terms
Translations
person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs
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person who specializes in Islamic studies
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Adjective
Islamist (comparative more Islamist, superlative most Islamist)
- (dated) Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. [from 19th c.]
- Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere. [from 1980s]
- 2004, George Carlin, “THE FANATICS WILL WIN”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 134:
- I hope you good, loyal Americans understand that in the long run the Islamist extremists are going to win. Because you can't beat numbers, and you can't beat fanaticism—the willingness to die for an idea.
Synonyms
Translations
dated: relating to Islam
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motivated by Islam in politics
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See also
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
Islamist m (weak, genitive Islamisten, plural Islamisten, feminine Islamistin)
Declension
Declension of Islamist [masculine, weak]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Islamist | die | Islamisten |
genitive | eines | des | Islamisten | der | Islamisten |
dative | einem | dem | Islamisten | den | Islamisten |
accusative | einen | den | Islamisten | die | Islamisten |
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