Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qutbism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qut-bism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb, the figurehead of the Muslim Brotherhood, involving the use of military force to propagate sharia law.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The ideology of Qutbism was pursued by Muhammad Abdul al-Salam Faraj, who emerged after Qutb as Egypt's most important Islamist revolutionaries."

Etymology

From Qutb + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Qutb

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Quṭbism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Qutbist

Questions

What does qutbism mean?: An Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb, the figurehead of the Muslim Brotherhood, involving the use of military force to propagate sharia law.
Where does qutbism come from?: From Qutb + -ism.

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