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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism From French terrorisme, from terreur + -isme. By surface analysis, terror + -ism. The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.

Definitions

The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in…
The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.
The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
Deliberate misspelling of tourism.

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Derived

antiterrorism, counter-terrorism, cyber-terrorism, cyber terrorism, economic terrorism, ecoterrorism, eco-terrorism, narcoterrorism, nuclear terrorism, stochastic terrorism, sushi terrorism, terrorist

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for terrorism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.