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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
mohammedanism is a noun meaning "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". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mohammedanism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.