Islamicist

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English

Etymology

From Islamic +‎ -ist. Compare Islamist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Islamicist (plural Islamicists)

  1. An expert or scholar in Islam. [from 1950s]
  2. An Islamic fundamentalist. [from 1960s]

Adjective

Islamicist (comparative more Islamicist, superlative most Islamicist)

  1. Pertaining to Islamic scholarship. [from 1960s]
  2. Pertaining to Islamic fundamentalism. [from 1970s]
    • 2006, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 16:
      With strong US support, the Bouteflika regime has to some extent been successful in suppressing the Islamicist revolt, winning over the pious middle classes, and providing the Pentagon with a staunch ally in the war on terror […].

Anagrams

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