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Islamist

//ˈɪsləmɪst// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. dated
  2. 2
    Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.

    "I hope you good, loyal Americans understand that in the long run the Islamist extremists are going to win. Because you can't beat numbers, and you can't beat fanaticism—the willingness to die for an idea."

Noun
  1. 1
    A Muslim. archaic
  2. 2
    an orthodox Muslim wordnet
  3. 3
    A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.
  4. 4
    a scholar who is knowledgeable in Islamic studies wordnet
  5. 5
    A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

Etymology 2

From Islam + -ist. Compare Islamicist.

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