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Islamize

verb · 4 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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1

verb

Meaning 1

To convert to Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make someone, or a society, conform to Islamic law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1999, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Georgetown University John L. Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?: Myth or Reality? In particular, many are challenged to avoid, in their zeal to Islamize state and society, a tendency to “kafirize.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

convert to Islam

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The Mughals Islamized much of Northern India in the 16th century

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Islamise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: convert

4

verb

Meaning 4

cause to conform to Islamic law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Islamize the dietary laws

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Islamise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Islamize From Islam + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: իսլամացնել (islamacʻnel) — convert to Islam
  • Bulgarian: помохамедáнча (pomohamedánča) — convert to Islam
  • Bulgarian: потурча (poturča) — convert to Islam
  • Catalan: islamitzar — convert to Islam
  • Dutch: islamiseren — convert to Islam
  • Esperanto: islamigi — convert to Islam
  • French: islamiser — convert to Islam
  • Galician: islamizar — convert to Islam
  • German: islamisieren — convert to Islam
  • Italian: islamizzare — convert to Islam
  • Kazakh: исламдандыру (islamdandyru) — convert to Islam
  • Kyrgyz: исламдаштыруу (islamdaştıruu) — convert to Islam
  • Portuguese: islamizar — convert to Islam
  • Russian: исламизировать (islamizirovatʹ) — convert to Islam
  • Spanish: islamizar — convert to Islam
  • Turkish: İslamlaştırmak — convert to Islam
  • Vietnamese: Hồi giáo hóa — convert to Islam
  • Bulgarian: помохамедáнча (pomohamedánča) — make conform to Islamic law
  • Bulgarian: потурча (poturča) — make conform to Islamic law
  • Esperanto: islamigi — make conform to Islamic law
  • Galician: islamizar — make conform to Islamic law
  • German: islamisieren — make conform to Islamic law
  • Italian: islamizzare — make conform to Islamic law
  • Portuguese: islamizar — make conform to Islamic law
  • Spanish: islamizar — make conform to Islamic law
  • Swedish: islamisera — make conform to Islamic law
  • Vietnamese: Hồi giáo hóa — make conform to Islamic law