islamicist
/ɪzˈlamɪsɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "With strong US support, the Bouteflika regime has to some extent been successful in suppressing the Islamicist revolt, winning over the pious middle classes, and providing the Pentagon with a staunch ally in the war on terror […]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic 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 Islamicist From Islamic + -ist. Compare Islamist.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪzˈlamɪsɪst/