Islamoterrorism

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noun

Terrorism inspired by radical Islam.

OriginEnglish terrorism ← French terrorisme ← Middle French terreur →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounIslamoterrorism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableTerrorism inspired by radical Islam.

    Friedman, not given to simple Islamic baiting, still waves the red flag of Islamoterrorism in our faces a little too often: “Petro-dollars,” Friedman states, “are now funding networks of Islamic militants.”

    2020, Thomas Zaniello, The Cinema of the Precariat, page 84
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    The story of today's Islamoterrorism is a complicated and controversial one, with people of different opinions placing the blame on different parties. Additionally, the very question of who is a terrorist remains unsettled […]

    2011, Claude Salhani, Islam Without a Veil: Kazakhstan's Path of Moderation, page 130

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*tres-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*troséyeti
  7. Proto-Italic*troseō
  8. Latinterreō
  9. Latinterror
  10. Old Frenchterreur
  11. Middle Frenchterreur
  12. Frenchterreur
  13. Frenchterrorisme
  14. Englishterrorism
  15. EnglishIslamoterrorism

From Islamo- + terrorism.

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APA

Islamoterrorism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamoterrorism

MLA

“Islamoterrorism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamoterrorism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamoterrorism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamoterrorism.

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