Meaning

3 senses
  1. A scholastic Muslim who specializes in Muslim academics.

  2. A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs.

    Islamist, Islamistin

    ислами́стislamíst, ислами́сткаislamístka

    a scholar who is knowledgeable in Islamic studies

  3. (archaic)A Muslim.

    an orthodox Muslim

Examples

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  1. Algerians are tired of Islamist violence.

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  2. Algerians don't want an Islamist regime.

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  3. Abbassi Madani's Islamist party was disbanded.

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  4. Algerians have had enough of Islamist intolerance.

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  5. He presents himself as a moderate Islamist.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person with Islamic fundamentalist beliefs:

Forms

plural: Islamists
SingularIslamist
PluralIslamists

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Islamic studies specialist:Islamicist
Islamic fundamentalist:Koran thumperKoran bashernamazijihadijihadistQuran thumper

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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