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crypto-Islam

crypto-Islam noun: secret adherence to Islam.

Noun

crypto-Islam (uncountable)

  1. Secret adherence to Islam.

Origin of crypto-Islam

From crypto- + Islam.

Questions about crypto-Islam

What does crypto-Islam mean?
Crypto-Islam means secret adherence to Islam.
What part of speech is crypto-Islam?
Crypto-Islam is a noun.

Words near crypto-Islam in the dictionary

  1. crypto-exchanges
  2. crypto-fascism
  3. crypto-fascist
  4. crypto-fascistic
  5. crypto-fascists
  6. crypto-Islam
  7. crypto-Jew
  8. crypto-Jewess
  9. crypto-Jewesses
  10. crypto-Jewish
  11. crypto-Jews

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