jihadism

English

Etymology

jihad +‎ -ism Coined in the late 1970s, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic جِهَاد (jihād) +‎ -ism, based on the earlier (1960s) adjective jihadist.

Noun

jihadism (usually uncountable, plural jihadisms)

1. The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad.
   • 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980‎^[1]:

     The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism

   • 2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.

Related terms

• jihadist

Translations

ideological movement within modern Islamic fundamentalism

• Arabic: جِهَادِيَّة (jihādiyya)
• Catalan: gihadisme (ca) m
• Dutch: jihadisme (nl)
• French: jihadisme m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Dschihadismus (de) m, Jihadismus (de) m, Gotteskriegertum n
• Italian: jihadismo m
• Spanish: yihadismo (es) m
• Swedish: jihadism c