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Sunnist

Sunnist noun: a proponent of Sunnism.

Noun

Sunnist (plural Sunnists)

  1. a proponent of Sunnism

Adjective

Sunnist (comparative more Sunnist, superlative most Sunnist)

  1. Relating to Sunnism
  2. Motivated by Sunni beliefs, particularly in the political sphere.

Forms of Sunnist

Noun
pluralSunnists
alternative formsunnist
Adjective
comparativemore Sunnist
superlativemost Sunnist

Origin of Sunnist

From Sunni + -ist.

Words formed from Sunnist

Questions about Sunnist

What does Sunnist mean?
Sunnist means a proponent of Sunnism.
What part of speech is Sunnist?
Sunnist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Sunnist?
The plural of Sunnist is Sunnists.

Words near Sunnist in the dictionary

  1. Sunnises
  2. sunnish
  3. Sunniside
  4. Sunnising
  5. Sunnism
  6. Sunnist
  7. Sunnistan
  8. Sunnistic
  9. Sunnists
  10. Sunnite
  11. Sunnites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sunnist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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