terrorist meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

terrorist

noun

/ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/

Etymology From terror + -ist. In the historical sense, after French terroriste. First used in 1794 in the Courier and Evening Gazette.

A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.

Hooooly shit! That is terrible, because (1), he is not a terrorist, and (2), I do hope we have a better strategy for dealing with terrorists than flagging their credit reports and denying them their dream apartments! Hey, not in America! Not in America!2016 April 10, “Credit Reports”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:

Historical An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Internet, Deliberate, Humorous, Misspelling Deliberate misspelling of tourist.

Derived terms: agroterrorist, antiterrorist, archterrorist, bioterrorist, counterterrorist, cyberterrorist, Islamoterrorist, narcoterrorist, nonterrorist, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, stochastic terrorist, superterrorist, terrorist ball, terrorist camp, terrorist fist jab, terroristical, theoterrorist
Hyponyms: lone wolfer

adj

Etymology From terror + -ist. In the historical sense, after French terroriste. First used in 1794 in the Courier and Evening Gazette.

Of or relating to terrorism.

2002 January 29, George Walker Bush, "2002 State of the Union Address". States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.
This controversy is quite similar to the red-tagging brouhaha exploded against me by Gabriela and its ilk in the CPP-NPA-NDF legal front. In a Facebook post, I had warned Liza Soberano of the deceptive tactics of the group in recruiting showbiz icons into the communist terrorist insurgency. I was very specific in that post, saying the advice is being issued by a father, a brother or an uncle not wanting to have his daughter, sister or niece led down the road to perdition. The seeming mouthpieces of the CPP hiding in Rappler, Inquirer and Philippine Star suddenly had a heyday slamming me for allegedly red tagging the actress as well as Miss Universe Catriona Gray.2021, Antonio Parlade Jr., “To catch a commie and friends by their mouths”, in The Manila Times:

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