Meanings
- uncountableThe belief that Islamophobic viewpoints are rational.
Yet, it's still around, apparently revived in another form with "Islamorealism".
2011 March 8, Doc, “America's own Taliban Group”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet)3 more examples
Organizations like CBS Outdoors and Jihad Watch frame the issue as "Islamorealism" versus "Islamophobia," but we know better.
2012 August 22, Yzan Khalil, “Islamophobic train signs”, in Spartans-JAMS (Usenet)It underscores the “Islamorealism” that people like Feiner and Swiderski, in their politically correct bubble, prefer to deny and ascribe instead to “Islamophobia."
2012 September 5, Mark Tapson, “Siding with Savages”, in Front Page MagazineWhen charged with Islamophobia, its supporters claim, "It's not Islamophobia. It's Islamorealism.”
2015, Erich Goode, Deviant Behavior, →ISBN, page 317
Origin
- Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
- Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
- EnglishIslam
- EnglishIslamo-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealism
- EnglishIslamorealism
From Islamo- + realism. Compare similar euphemisms like race realism.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Islamorealism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamorealism
“Islamorealism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamorealism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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