Meanings
- USderogatoryoffensiveuncountablegovernmentSocially repressive or nationalistic Islamic fundamentalism.
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It braces the talk not only of pundits, but of all the major Republican candidates - from the tough guy at one end, Rudy Giuliani, who lambastes Democrats for not using the word or its equivalent, to the "nice" candidate at the other end, Mike Huckabee, who defines Islamofascism as "the greatest threat this country [has] ever faced."
2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
- Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
- EnglishIslam
- EnglishIslamo-
- Latinfascis
- Italianfascio
- Italianfascismo
- Englishfascism
- EnglishIslamofascism
Translations
Dutch islamofascisme
- islamofascismeTranslations
German Islamfaschismus
- IslamfaschismusTranslations
Italian islamofascismo
- islamofascismoTranslations
Turkish islamofaşizm
- islamofaşizmTranslations
Cite this entry
Islamofascism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascism
“Islamofascism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamofascism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascism.
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