jihadist

noun

Etymology

From jihad + -ist. Attested from the 1910s in the sense of "a mujahid".http://books.google.ch/books?id=LZ1VAAAAYAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=CHXKTaC3NMnJsgaKj72pAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA The adjectival sense of "pertaining to the jihadist movement" is from the 1960s.http://books.google.ch/books?id=eN4_AQAAIAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=XHXKTauaHobBswaNz_SMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=K-VxAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=G3bKTaGTNtHLswaOndSUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgKhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=pQJyAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=7HXKTefaDsbDswar9-WmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA.

  1. borrowed from جِهَاد
  2. formed as jihadist — “jihad + -ist

Definitions

  1. One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict

    One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.

  2. An adherent of jihadism.

  3. One who is militant for their religion (or irreligion).

    • […] only a matter of time before Christian jihadists start strapping bombs to their bodies and going off on suicide missions in the name of Jesus Christ.
    • Like Muslim jihadists, Christian jihadists such as these two are willing to sacrifice as they seek to impose their religious tyranny on others.
    • […] with Christian jihadists wearing bandoliers, waving real weapons, and waging a literal flesh-and-blood incursion against teachers of false religions.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Pertaining to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of jihadism, which advocates armed…

      Pertaining to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of jihadism, which advocates armed jihad.

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