Islamization

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noun

Conversion to Islam.

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Meanings

nounIslamization (countable and uncountable, plural Islamizations)

plural Islamizations · alternative Islamisation

  1. countableuncountableConversion to Islam.

    Synonyms: Muslimification, Muslimization, Islamification

Synonyms & antonyms

nounConversion to Islam.

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamize
  5. EnglishIslamization

From Islamize + -ation.

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Translations

Arabic أَسْلَمَة
  • أَسْلَمَة (ʔaslama)the conversion of a society to Islam
Bengali ইসলামীকরণ
  • ইসলামীকরণ (islamikron)the conversion of a society to Islam
Bulgarian ислямиза́ция
  • ислямиза́ция (isljamizácija)the conversion of a society to Islam
Catalan islamització
  • islamitzacióthe conversion of a society to Islam
Chinese Mandarin 伊斯蘭化 /伊斯兰化, 回教化
  • 伊斯蘭化 /伊斯兰化 (Yīsīlánhuà)the conversion of a society to Islam
  • 回教化 (Huíjiàohuà)the conversion of a society to Islam
Czech islamizace
  • islamizacethe conversion of a society to Islam
Danish islamisering
  • islamiseringthe conversion of a society to Islam
Dutch islamisering
  • islamiseringthe conversion of a society to Islam
Estonian islamiseerimine
  • islamiseeriminethe conversion of a society to Islam
Finnish islamisaatio
  • islamisaatiothe conversion of a society to Islam
French islamisation
  • islamisationthe conversion of a society to Islam
German Islamisierung
  • Islamisierungthe conversion of a society to Islam
Greek εξισλαμισμός
  • εξισλαμισμός (exislamismós)the conversion of a society to Islam
Hebrew אִסְלָאמִיזַצְיָה
  • אִסְלָאמִיזַצְיָה (islamizátsya)the conversion of a society to Islam
Hindi इस्लामीकरण
  • इस्लामीकरण (islāmīkraṇ)the conversion of a society to Islam
Hungarian iszlamizáció
  • iszlamizációthe conversion of a society to Islam
Icelandic íslamisering
  • íslamiseringthe conversion of a society to Islam
Indonesian islamisasi, pengislaman
  • islamisasithe conversion of a society to Islam
  • pengislamanthe conversion of a society to Islam
Irish Ioslamú
  • Ioslamúthe conversion of a society to Islam
Italian islamizzazione
  • islamizzazionethe conversion of a society to Islam
Japanese イスラム化
  • イスラム化 (Isuramuka)the conversion of a society to Islam
Korean 이슬람화, 회교화
  • 이슬람화 (iseullamhwa)the conversion of a society to Islam
  • 회교화 (hoegyohwa)the conversion of a society to Islam
Latvian islamizācija
  • islamizācijathe conversion of a society to Islam
Lithuanian islamizacija
  • islamizacijathe conversion of a society to Islam
Malay pengislaman, islamisasi
  • pengislamanthe conversion of a society to Islam
  • islamisasithe conversion of a society to Islam
Norwegian Bokmål islamisering
  • islamiseringthe conversion of a society to Islam
Polish islamizacja
  • islamizacjathe conversion of a society to Islam
Portuguese islamização
  • islamizaçãothe conversion of a society to Islam
Romanian islamizare
  • islamizarethe conversion of a society to Islam
Russian исламиза́ция
  • исламиза́ция (islamizácija)the conversion of a society to Islam
Slovak islamizácia
  • islamizáciathe conversion of a society to Islam
Spanish islamización
  • islamizaciónthe conversion of a society to Islam
Swedish islamisering
  • islamiseringthe conversion of a society to Islam
Turkish İslamlaştırma, Müslümanlaşma
  • İslamlaştırmathe conversion of a society to Islam
  • Müslümanlaşmathe conversion of a society to Islam
Ukrainian ісламізація
  • ісламізація (islamizacija)the conversion of a society to Islam
Urdu اِسْلام کاری
  • اِسْلام کاری (islām kārī)the conversion of a society to Islam
Vietnamese Hồi giáo hóa
  • Hồi giáo hóathe conversion of a society to Islam
Cite this entry
APA

Islamization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamization

MLA

“Islamization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamization.

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