Jihadism

/d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers. uncountable, usually

    "The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism"

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"The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism"

Etymology

Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.

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