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Islamist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ˈlæmɪst/
  • /-ˈlɑːmɪst/
  • /ˈɪsləmɪst/
  • /ˈɪzləmɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Islamist From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim.
  2. Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.
    • 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. 2004, George Carlin, “THE FANATICS WILL WIN”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 134:
    • In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people. 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:

Forms

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more Islamist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Islamist Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

Islamic fundamentalism · Islamicism

Synonyms

Muslimistic

Translations (13)

de islamistisch (motivated by Islam in politics) · fr islamiste (motivated by Islam in politics) · no islamistisk (motivated by Islam in politics) · nn islamistisk (motivated by Islam in politics) · el ισλαμιστικός (motivated by Islam in politics) · ru ислами́стский (motivated by Islam in politics) · fi islamilainen (dated: relating to Islam) · sv islamistisk (motivated by Islam in politics) · el ισλαμικός (dated: relating to Islam) · yi איסלאַמיסטיש (motivated by Islam in politics) · fi islamistinen (motivated by Islam in politics) · tr İslamcı (motivated by Islam in politics) · fi islaminuskoinen (dated: relating to Islam)

Islamist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ˈlæmɪst/
  • /-ˈlɑːmɪst/
  • /ˈɪsləmɪst/
  • /ˈɪzləmɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Islamist From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A Muslim.
  2. A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.
  3. A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.

Forms

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Islamists Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Pan-Islamist

Synonyms

Quran thumper (Islamic fundamentalist) · jihadi (Islamic fundamentalist) · Muslimist · Mohammedan · Koran basher (Islamic fundamentalist) · jihadist (Islamic fundamentalist) · Koran thumper (Islamic fundamentalist) · Islamicist (Islamic studies specialist) · namazi (Islamic fundamentalist)

Translations (35)

hy իսլամիստ (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · de Islamistin (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · pl islamistka (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · az islamşünas (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · pl islamista (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · ru ислами́стка (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · nn islamist (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · fi islamintutkija (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · fr islamiste (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · de Islamist (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · mk исламист (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · az islamçı (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · pl islamoznawczyni (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · kk исламшыл (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · sv islamist (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · fi islamisti (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · eu islamista (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · yi איסלאַמיסט (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · ru ислами́ст (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · bn ইসলামপন্থী (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · ca islamista (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · tr İslamcı (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · nb islamist (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · cs islamista (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · pl islamoznawca (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · tg исломгаро (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · ga Ioslamaí (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · fa-ira اِسْلامگَرا (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · pl islamistka (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · pt islamista (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · cs islamista (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · el ισλαμιστής (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · it islamista (person who specializes in Islamic studies) · pl islamista (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs) · uz islomchi (person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs)