jihadism

jihad +‎ -ism Coined in the late 1970s, from Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād) +‎ -ism, based on the earlier (1960s) adjective jihadist.

jihadism (usually uncountable, plural jihadisms)

1. The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad.
   • 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980‎:

     The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism

   • 2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, in The Guardian‎:

     Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.

• jihadist