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asabiyyah

asabiyyah noun: the degree of shared purpose, solidarity, and social cohesion of a group, typically in Arabic or Islamic contexts.

Noun

asabiyyah (uncountable)

  1. The degree of shared purpose, solidarity, and social cohesion of a group, typically in Arabic or Islamic contexts.

Forms of asabiyyah

alternative formasabiyya
alternative formasabiya

Origin of asabiyyah

From Arabic عَصَبِيَّة (ʕaṣabiyya), originally having the connotation of tribalism. Expanded by Ibn Khaldun to include social cohesion in large societies.

Questions about asabiyyah

What does asabiyyah mean?
Asabiyyah means the degree of shared purpose, solidarity, and social cohesion of a group, typically in Arabic or Islamic contexts.
What part of speech is asabiyyah?
Asabiyyah is a noun.

Words near asabiyyah in the dictionary

  1. ASA characters
  2. Asaad
  3. Asaba
  4. asabiya
  5. asabiyya
  6. asabiyyah
  7. ASAC
  8. asaccharolytic
  9. ASACs
  10. Asad
  11. ASADA

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