Islamofascism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈslɑ.moʊˌfæʃ.ɪz.əm/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English Islamo- Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismus Italian -ismo Italian fascismolbor. English fascism English Islamofascism From Islamo- + fascism.
Meanings
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(US, derogatory, offensive, uncountable) Socially repressive or nationalistic Islamic fundamentalism.
It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced."
2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:
Relateds
Islamo- · Islamonazism · Islamofascist
Translations (4)
de Islamfaschismus (Translations) · nl islamofascisme (Translations) · it islamofascismo (Translations) · tr islamofaşizm (Translations)