Islamist

From Islam +‎ -ist. Compare Islamicist.

Islamist (plural Islamists)

1. (now rare) A Muslim. [from 19th c.]
2. A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics. [from 1910s]
3. A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs. [from 1980s]

• (Muslim): Mohammedan (dated, now offensive), Muslimist
• (Islamic studies specialist): Islamicist
• (Islamic fundamentalist): Quran thumper, Koran thumper, Koran basher

• pisslamist

Islamist (comparative more Islamist, superlative most Islamist)

1. (dated) Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. [from 19th c.]
2. Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere. [from 1980s]

• Muslimistic

• Islamic fundamentalism
• Islamicism

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Islamist m (genitive Islamisten, plural Islamisten, female Islamistin)

1. islamist

• Islamistengruppe

• Islamismus
• islamistisch

• Islamist in Duden online