islamism

1. 1.

   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

   Broaderreligious movement
2. 2.

   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

   “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”

   SynonymsIslamMohammedanismMuhammadanismMuslimism

   Broadermonotheism

   NarrowerMahdismSalafismShiismWahhabism

Other forms of islamism

plural

islamisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about islamism

What does islamism mean?

islamism means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in islamism?

islamism has 3 syllables: i-sla-mism. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for islamism?

Close synonyms include Islam, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is islamism a common word?

islamism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.