jihadism

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jihadism

/d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/
/d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd.ɪz.əm/

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Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.

noun jihadisms

uncountable, 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 sufism

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noun ideological movement within modern Islamism

Español	yihadismo
हिन्दी	जिहाद jihād, जिहाद् jihād
Português	jihadismo
Français	jihadisme
Deutsch	Dschihadismus, Jihadismus, Gotteskriegertum
Italiano	jihadismo
Ελληνικά	τζιχαντισμός tzichantismós
العربية	جِهَادِيَّة jihādiyya

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@misc{jihadism_2026,
  title = {jihadism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jihadism},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}