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Islamicist

UK/ɪzˈlamɪsɪst/

Islamicist noun: an expert or scholar in Islam.

Noun

Islamicist (plural Islamicists)

  1. An expert or scholar in Islam.
  2. An Islamic fundamentalist.

Adjective

Islamicist (comparative more Islamicist, superlative most Islamicist)

  1. Pertaining to Islamic scholarship.
  2. Pertaining to Islamic fundamentalism.
    • With strong US support, the Bouteflika regime has to some extent been successful in suppressing the Islamicist revolt, winning over the pious middle classes, and providing the Pentagon with a staunch ally in the war on terror […].2006, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 16

Forms of Islamicist

Noun
pluralIslamicists
Adjective
comparativemore Islamicist
superlativemost Islamicist

Origin of Islamicist

From Islamic + -ist. Compare Islamist.

Questions about Islamicist

What does Islamicist mean?
Islamicist means an expert or scholar in Islam.
What part of speech is Islamicist?
Islamicist can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Islamicist?
Islamicist is pronounced /ɪzˈlamɪsɪst/ (UK).
What is the plural of Islamicist?
The plural of Islamicist is Islamicists.

Words near Islamicist in the dictionary

  1. Islamicate
  2. Islamication
  3. Islamicide
  4. Islamicism
  5. Islamicisms
  6. Islamicist
  7. Islamicists
  8. Islamicization
  9. Islamicizations
  10. Islamicize
  11. Islamicized

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