Dictionary

jihadism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/
• /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd.ɪz.əm/

Etymology

Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.
   • Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism. 2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, in The Guardian:
   • The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980:

Forms

Deriveds

counterjihadism · Salafi jihadism

Relateds

jihadist

Translations (16)

de Dschihadismus (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · nl jihadisme (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · es yihadismo (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · pl dżihadyzm (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · fr jihadisme (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · hi जिहाद (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · hi जिहाद् (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · tr cihatçılık (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · sv jihadism (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · pt jihadismo (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · de Jihadismus (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · ar جِهَادِيَّة (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · el τζιχαντισμός (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · de Gotteskriegertum (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · it jihadismo (ideological movement within modern Islamism) · ca gihadisme (ideological movement within modern Islamism)