jihadism
noun/d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/ · /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd.ɪz.əm/
Etymology Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.
1
Usually The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.
- The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980:
- Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- counterjihadism, Salafi jihadism
- Related terms
- jihadist