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Definitions

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"

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.

Related phrases

Salafi jihadism

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