Islamist

== English == === Etymology === From Islam +‎ -ist. Compare Islamicist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪsləmɪst/, /ˈɪzləmɪst/, /-ˈlɑːmɪst/, /-ˈlæmɪst/ === Noun === Islamist (plural Islamists) (now rare) A Muslim. [from 19th c.] A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics. [from 1910s] 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, namazi (India), jihadi, jihadist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Islamist (comparative more Islamist, superlative most Islamist) (dated) Relating to Islam; Islamic, Muslim. [from 19th c.] Motivated by fundamentalist Muslim beliefs, particularly in the political sphere. [from 1980s] ==== Synonyms ==== Muslimistic ==== Translations ==== === See also === Islamic fundamentalism Islamicism == German == === Pronunciation === === Noun === Islamist m (weak, genitive Islamisten, plural Islamisten, feminine Islamistin) islamist ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Islamistengruppe ==== Related terms ==== Islamismus islamistisch === Further reading === “Islamist” in Duden online “Islamist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache