islamism
/ˈɪzləmɪz(ə)m/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers.
Countable; Uncountable
name
Alternative letter-case form of Islamism.
Example Sentences
- "Muhammed [...] first manifested and obserued the Religion of Islamisme [...]"
- "‘There is no God but God, and Mahommed is his prophet’. A confession of faith which is in itself a declaration of Islamism."
- "Those of Meshed further assured him, that at Candahar there are descendants of Simeon, also of Joseph (i. e. of Ephraim and Manasseh,) though they were outwardly conformed to Islamism;³ and he himself, when in Arabia, met with Israelites who declared themselves, and were believed by the Jews, to be of the tribe of Dan. Their usual residence was near Terim in Hatramawt."
- "They were the outposts and frontiers of Islamism."
- "The people of Matabello, like those of most of the Mahometan villages of East Ceram and Goram, amused me much by their strange ideas concerning the Russian war. They believe that the Russians were not only most thoroughly beaten by the Turks, but were absolutely conquered, and all converted to Islamism!"
- "Tibi makes an absolute distinction between Islamism, which he regards as a totalitarian political ideology resembling Nazism and communism, and Islam, the religion to which he adheres."
Etymology
Appearing in English in the 1740s, from French islamisme (1720s), paralleling the French christianisme and judaïsme. By surface analysis, Islam + -ism.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɪzləmɪz(ə)m/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.
Inflected Forms
Islamisms (plural)
Islamisme (alternative)