Islamic

adj, noun — 2 senses

Islamic

adj

/ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/ · /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/

Etymology From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

1

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

  • Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times:
Synonyms
Muslim, Muslimistic, Muslimic, Muslimish, Muslimly, Muslamic
Derived terms
Islamicate, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Islamicness, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Islamic State, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Pan-Islam, post-Islamic, pre-Islamic

Islamic

noun

Etymology From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

1

US, Colloquial An Islamist.

  • This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.2008, John Hagee, Financial Armageddon, Frontline, →ISBN, page 72:

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