terrorist

See also Terrorist

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

French terroriste. See terror. First used by Edmund Burke

Noun

terrorist (plural terrorists)

1. A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals; frequently in an attempt to coerce either a more powerful opponent, (such as a citizen or group targeting a government), or conversely, a weaker opponent, (such as a government, or even an internal citizen or group, being targeted by a larger government).
2. An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Translations

person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle

Arabic: إرهابِي (ar) ('irhaabi) m., إرهابية (ar) ('irhaabíyya) f. (plural: إرهابيون (ar) (’irhaabiyyuun) m. pl. or إرهابيين (ar) (’irhaabiyyiin) m. pl.), Armenian: ահաբեկիչ (hy) (ahabekič) Belarusian: тэрарыст (be) (terarýst) m., тэрарыстка (be) (terarýstka) f. Bulgarian: терорист (bg) (teroríst) m. Catalan: terrorista (ca) m. and f. Chinese: Mandarin: 恐怖份子 (cmn) (kǒngbùfènzi) Croatian: teròrist (hr) m., teròristkinja (hr) f. Czech: terorista (cs) m. Danish: terrorist (da) Dutch: terrorist (nl) m. Esperanto: teroristo Finnish: terroristi (fi) French: terroriste (fr) m. and f. German: Terrorist (de) m., Terroristin (de) f. Greek: τρομοκράτης (el) (tromokrátis) m. Hebrew: טרוריסט (he) (teroríst) m., מחבל (he) (mehabel) m. Hindi: आतंकवादी (hi) (ātaṅkavādī) Hungarian: terrorista (hu) Icelandic: hryðjuverkamaður (is) Indonesian: teroris Italian: terrorista (it) m. and f.

Japanese: テロリスト (ja) (terorisuto), テロ (ja) (tero) Khmer: ភេរវជន (km) (phe rak veak jon) Korean: 테러리스트 (ko) (tereoriseuteu) Latvian: terorists Lithuanian: teroristas Macedonian: терорист (mk) (terroríst) m. Persian: تروریستی (fa), ارعابگر (fa) Polish: terrorysta m., terrorystka f., terroryści pl. Portuguese: terrorista (pt) m. and f. Romanian: terorist (ro) m., teroristă (ro) f. Russian: террорист (ru) (terroríst) m., террористка (ru) (terrorístka) f. Serbian: терориста (terorista) m. Slovak: terorista (sk) Slovene: terorist (sl) Spanish: terrorista (es) m. and f. Swahili: adui sg., maadui pl (noun 5/6) Swedish: terrorist (sv) c. Thai: ผู้ก่อการร้าย (th) (pôo gòr gaan ráai) Turkish: terörist (tr), yıldırıcı (tr) Ukrainian: терорист (uk) (terorýst) m., терорист (uk) (terorýstka) f. Vietnamese: người khủng bố (vi) Volapük: (male or female) jekikodan (vo), (male) hijekikodan (vo), (female) jijekikodan (vo), (male or female) jeikareigan (vo)

Adjective

terrorist (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to terrorism.

Usage notes

The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter, and vice versa. A cynical definition may be that a terrorist is someone who murders or terrorizes more of those for whom the terrorist is fighting, than his supposed enemies.

Translations

of or relating to terrorism

Armenian: ահաբեկչական (hy) (ahabekčakan) Chinese: Mandarin: 恐怖主義的 (cmn), 恐怖主义的 (cmn) (kǒngbùzhǔyì de) Czech: teroristický (cs) Finnish: terroristi- (fi), terroristien (fi) (noun forms); terroristinen (fi) (adjective) Macedonian: терористички (mk) (terrorístički) m.

Polish: terrorystyczny (pl) m. Portuguese: terrorista (pt) Romanian: terorist (ro) m. and n., teroristă (ro) f. Russian: терористический (ru) (terroristíčeskij) Swahili: ugaidi (sw) Volapük: jekälimik (vo)

Related terms

• terror
• terrorize
• terroristic
• terrorism
• eco-terrorist

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

terrorist m. (definite singular terroristen; indefinite plural terrorister; definite plural terroristene)

1. terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)

Related terms

• terrorisme

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

terrorist m. (definite singular terroristen; indefinite plural terroristar; definite plural terroristane)

1. terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)

Related terms

• terrorisme

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Swedish

Etymology

terror +‎ -ist

Noun

terrorist c.

1. terrorist

Declension

Declension of terrorist

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	terrorist	terroristen	terrorister	terroristerna
genitive	terrorists	terroristens	terroristers	terroristernas

Related terms

• terrordåd
• terrorisera
• terrorism

See also

• självmordsbombare