Islamofascist

noun, adj — 2 senses

Islamofascist

noun

Etymology From Islamo- + fascist.

1

US A Muslim fundamentalist.

  • So it is with the highly ideological term "Islamofascist," a label that is being wielded as a blunt weapon in a left-right debate and has been carelessly bandied about by some presidential candidates.2007 June 11, “A lazy, simplistic analogy”, in The New York Times:
  • Political candidates appeal to those Christians by defining the ambition of Islamofascists in language that makes prior threats from, say, Hitler or Stalin seem benign.2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:

Islamofascist

adj

Etymology From Islamo- + fascist.

1

US, Derogatory, Offensive Of or pertaining to Islamofascism

Synonyms
Muslimofascist
Related terms
Islamonazism

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