Islamist

See also: islamist

English

Etymology

From Islam +‎ -ist. Compare Islamicist.

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
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• 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
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• 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)
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• Greek: ισλαμικός (el) m (islamikós)

motivated by Islam in politics

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

1. islamist

Derived terms

• Islamistengruppe

Related terms

• Islamismus
• islamistisch

Further reading

• “Islamist” in Duden online