terrorism

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terror +‎ -ism

The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobins of France, who ruled during the ‘Reign of Terror.’

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Wikipedia terrorism (usually uncountable; plural terrorisms)

  1. The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
  2. Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives.
  3. A psychological strategy of war for gaining political or religious ends by deliberately creating a climate of fear among the population of a state.

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terror +‎ -ism

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terrorism c.

  1. terrorism

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