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Islamism

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɪzləmɪz(ə)m/
  • UK: /ɪzˈlɑːmɪz(ə)m/
  • UK: /ɪzˈlæmɪz(ə)m/
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1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative letter-case form of Islamism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The religion of Muslims; Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion
  • the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Islam, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: monotheism

Narrower terms: Mahdism, Salafism, Salafi movement, Shiism, Wahhabism, Wahabism

6

noun

Meaning 6

a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: religious movement

History

Etymology

Appearing in English in the 1740s, from French islamisme (1720s), paralleling the French christianisme and judaïsme. By surface analysis, Islam + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: islamizëm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Arabic: الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (al-ʔislāmiyya) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Arabic: إِسْلَام سِيَاسِيّ (ʔislām siyāsiyy) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Armenian: իսլամիզմ (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Azerbaijani: islamçılıq — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Azerbaijani: islamizm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Belarusian: ісламі́зм (islamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Belarusian: іслямі́зм (isljamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Belarusian: ісьлямі́зм (isʹljamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Bengali: ইসলামবাদ (islambad) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Bengali: ইসলামপন্থা (islampontha) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Bulgarian: ислями́зъм (isljamízǎm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Chinese Cantonese: 伊斯蘭主義 /伊斯兰主义 (ji1 si1 laan4 zyu2 ji6) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊斯蘭主義 /伊斯兰主义 (yīsīlánzhǔyì) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Czech: islamismus — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Danish: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Dutch: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Esperanto: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Estonian: islamism — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Finnish: islamismi — Islamic fundamentalism
  • French: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Georgian: ისლამიზმი (islamizmi) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • German: Islamismus — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Greek: ισλαμισμός (islamismós) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Hebrew: אִסְלָאמִיזְם (islamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Hindi: इस्लामियत (islāmiyat) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Hindi: इस्लामवाद (islāmvād) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Hungarian: iszlamizmus — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Icelandic: íslamismi — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Indonesian: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Interlingua: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Irish: Ioslamachas — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Italian: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Japanese: イスラム主義 (isuramushugi) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Kazakh: исламшылдық (islamşyldyq) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Kazakh: исламизм (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Korean: 이슬람주의 (iseullamjuui) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Northern Kurdish: îslamîzm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Kyrgyz: исламизм (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Latvian: islāmisms — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Lithuanian: islamizmas — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Macedonian: ислами́зам (islamízam) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Malay: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Mongolian: исламизм (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: islamisme — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Pashto: اسلاميت (eslāmyat) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْلامگَرایی (eslâm-garâyi) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Polish: islamizm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Portuguese: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Punjabi: ਇਸਲਾਮੀਅਤ (isalāmīata) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Romanian: islamism — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Russian: ислами́зм (islamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Serbo-Croatian: исламѝзам — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Serbo-Croatian: islamìzam — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Slovak: islamizmus — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Slovene: islamizem — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Spanish: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Swedish: islamism — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Tagalog: islamismo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Tajik: исломгароӣ (islomgaroyi) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Tajik: исломизм (islomizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Turkish: İslâmcılık — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Turkmen: islamizm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Ukrainian: ісламі́зм (islamízm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Urdu: اِسْلامِیَت (islāmiyat) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Uyghur: ئىسلامىيەت (islamiyet) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Uyghur: ئىسلامىزم (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Uzbek: islomizm — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Uzbek: islomiyat — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Hồi giáo — Islamic fundamentalism
  • Yiddish: איסלאַמיזם (islamizm) — Islamic fundamentalism
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