Islamist

See also: islamist

English

Etymology

From Islam +‎ -ist. Compare Islamicist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪsləmɪst/, /ˈɪzləmɪst/

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Noun

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]

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• pisslamist

Translations

person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs

• Armenian: իսլամիստ (hy) (islamist)
• Basque: islamista
• Czech: islamista (cs) m
• Finnish: islamisti (fi)
• French: islamiste (fr) m or f
• German: Islamist (de) m, Islamistin (de) f
• Greek: ισλαμιστής (el) m (islamistís)
• Irish: Ioslamaí m

• Kazakh: исламшыл (ïslamşıl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: islamist m

  Nynorsk: islamist m

• Persian: اسلام‌گرا‎ (eslâm-garâ)
• Russian: ислами́ст (ru) m (islamíst), ислами́стка (ru) f (islamístka)
• Turkish: İslamcı
• Yiddish: איסלאַמיסט‎ m (islamist)

person who specializes in Islamic studies

• Czech: islamista (cs) m
• Finnish: islamintutkija

• Italian: islamista (it)

Adjective

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]

Synonyms

• Muslimistic

Translations

dated: relating to Islam

• Finnish: islamilainen (fi); islaminuskoinen (fi)

• Greek: ισλαμικός (el) m (islamikós)

motivated by Islam in politics

• Finnish: islamistinen (fi)
• French: islamiste (fr)
• German: islamistisch (de)
• Greek: ισλαμιστικός (el) m (islamistikós)

• Russian: ислами́стский (ru) (islamístskij)
• Turkish: İslamcı
• Yiddish: איסלאַמיסטיש‎ (islamistish)

See also

• Islamic fundamentalism
• Islamicism

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Noun

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

1. islamist

Declension

Declension of Islamist

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Islamist	die	Islamisten
genitive	eines	des	Islamisten	der	Islamisten
dative	einem	dem	Islamisten	den	Islamisten
accusative	einen	den	Islamisten	die	Islamisten

Derived terms

• Islamistengruppe

Related terms

• Islamismus
• islamistisch

Further reading

• “Islamist” in Duden online