Etymology

Islamofascism

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Today it means: Socially repressive or nationalistic Islamic fundamentalism. Full definition →

English fascism ← Italian fascismo ← Latin fascis
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The story

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Latinfascis
  6. Italianfascio
  7. Italianfascismo
  8. Englishfascism
  9. English todayIslamofascism

From Islamo- + fascism.

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