Jihadism

Origin

jihad + -ism

Coined in the late 1970s, paralleling Arabic جهاد. Derived from the earlier (1960s) adjective jihadist.

Full definition of jihadism

Noun

1. The ideological movement within modern Islamic fundamentalism which advocates armed jihad. Islamist guerilla warfare or Islamist terrorism.
• 1983, , , , The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism
• 2009, February 4, Jonathan Freedland, As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent, Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.

Synonyms

• (Islamic fundamentalism) takfirism
• (struggling for Islam) quran thumping, quran bashing

Related terms

• jihadist