Jihadism
/d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism"
Etymology
Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.