terrorism

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• /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism From French terrorisme, from terreur + -isme. By surface analysis, terror + -ism. The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Albanian: terrorizëm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Amharic: ሽብርተኛነት (šəbrətäñanät) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Arabic: إِرْهَاب (ʔirhāb) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Armenian: ահաբեկչություն (ahabekčʻutʻyun) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Armenian: տեռորիզմ (teṙorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Asturian: terrorismu — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Azerbaijani: terrorizm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Azerbaijani: tədhiş — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Basque: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Belarusian: тэрары́зм (terarýzm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Belarusian: тэра́кт (terákt) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Bengali: সন্ত্রাসবাদ (śontrasbad) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Breton: sponterezh — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Bulgarian: терори́зъм (terorízǎm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Burmese: အကြမ်းဖက်ဝါဒ (a.kram:hpak-wada.) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Catalan: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Cebuano: terorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Chechen: терроризм (terrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Chinese Cantonese: 恐怖主義 /恐怖主义 (hung2 bou3 zyu2 ji6) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐怖主義 /恐怖主义 (kǒngbùzhǔyì) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Cornish: broweghereth — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Czech: terorismus — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Danish: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Dutch: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Esperanto: terorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Estonian: terrorism — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Finnish: terrorismi — use of terror as a means of coercion
• French: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Galician: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Georgian: ტერორიზმი (ṭerorizmi) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• German: Terrorismus — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Greek: τρομοκρατία (tromokratía) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Gujarati: આતંકવાદ (ātaṅkvād) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hebrew: טֶרוֹר (téror) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hebrew: טֶרוֹרִיזְם (terorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hindi: आतंकवाद (ātaṅkvād) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hindi: दहशतगर्दी (dahśatgardī) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hindi: दहशतंगेज़ (dahaśtaṅgez) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Hungarian: terrorizmus — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Icelandic: hryðjuverk — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Ido: terorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Indonesian: terorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Interlingua: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Irish: sceimhlitheoireacht — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Italian: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Japanese: テロリズム (terorizumu) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Japanese: テロ (tero) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Kannada: ಆತಂಕವಾದ (ātaṅkavāda) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Kannada: ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ (bhayōtpādane) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Kazakh: лаңкестік (lañkestık) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Kazakh: терроризм (terrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Khmer: ភេរវនិយម (pheirĕəʼvĕəʼniyum) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Korean: 테러리즘 (tereorijeum) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Korean: 테러 (tereo) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Korean: 공포주의 (gongpojuui) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Korean: 테로 (tero) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Northern Kurdish: terorîzm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Kyrgyz: терроризм (terrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Lao: ການກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ (kān kǭ kān hāi) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Latin: tromocratia — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Latvian: terorisms — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Lithuanian: terorizmas — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Luxembourgish: Terrorismus — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Macedonian: терори́зам (terorízam) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Malay: pengganasan — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Malay: terorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Malayalam: ഭീകരവാദം (bhīkaravādaṁ) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Maltese: terroriżmu — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Marathi: दहशतवाद (dahśatvād) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Mongolian: терроризм (terrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Mongolian: алан хядлага (alan xjadlaga) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Norman: terreurisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Norwegian Bokmål: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Occitan: terrorisme — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Pashto: ترهګري (trahgari) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Pashto: تروريزم (trorizǝm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Persian: تِروریسْم (terorism) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Persian: تِروریزْم (terorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Persian: اِرْعابْگری (er'âbgari) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Polish: terroryzm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Portuguese: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Punjabi: ਦਹਿਸ਼ਤਗਰਦੀ (dahiśtagardī) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Punjabi: ਦਹਿਸ਼ਤਵਾਦ (dahiśtavād) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Punjabi: ਆਤੰਕਵਾਦ (ātaṅkvād) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Romanian: terorism — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Romanian: терорисм (terorism) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Russian: террори́зм (terrorízm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Russian: тера́кт (terákt) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Russian: терро́р (terrór) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Serbo-Croatian: терорѝзам — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Serbo-Croatian: terorìzam — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Sinhalese: ත්රස්තවාදය (trastawādaya) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Slovak: terorizem — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Slovene: terorizem — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Spanish: terrorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Swahili: ugaidi — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Swedish: terrorism — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Tagalog: terorismo — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Tajik: терроризм (terrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Tamil: பயங்கரவாதம் (payaṅkaravātam) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Tatar: террорчылык (terrorçılıq) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Telugu: ఉగ్రవాదం (ugravādaṁ) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Thai: การก่อการร้าย (gaan-gɔ̀ɔ-gaan-ráai) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Turkish: terörizm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Turkish: yıldırıcılık — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Ottoman Turkish: بلݣلمه (beliŋleme) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Turkmen: terrorizm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Ukrainian: терори́зм (terorýzm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Ukrainian: тера́кт (terákt) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Urdu: دَہْشَت گَرْدی (dahśat gardī) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Urdu: دَہْشَت پَسَنْدی (dahśat pasandī) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Uyghur: تېررورلۇق (tërrorluq) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Uyghur: تېررورىزم (tërrorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Uzbek: terrorizm — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Vietnamese: khủng bố — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Vietnamese: chính sách khủng bố — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa khủng bố — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Volapük: jekälim — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Volapük: jekidun — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Volapük: jekidunot — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Volapük: jeikareig — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Welsh: terfysgaeth — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Welsh: brawychiaeth — use of terror as a means of coercion
• Yiddish: טעראָריזם (terorizm) — use of terror as a means of coercion