Mohammedanism

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proper noun

Islam, the religion introduced by Muhammad.

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Meanings

proper nounMohammedanism (uncountable)

alternative Mahometanism · alternative Muhammadanism · alternative Mahomedanism · alternative Mahommedanism · alternative Muhammedanism · alternative Mohamedanism · alternative Mohametanism · alternative Muhamedanism · alternative Mohammetanism · alternative Mahommetanism

  1. uncountablenow largely obsolete and offensiveIslam, the religion introduced by Muhammad.
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    In a general estimate of Mohammedanism it should not be forgotten what Islam has done for the cause of humanity and more particularly the share it had in the development of science and art in Europe. Broadly speaking, the Mohammedans may be said to have been the teachers of barbarous Europe from the ninth to the thirteenth century. It is from the days of the Abbasside rulers that the real renaissance of the Greek spirit and Greek culture is to be dated.

    1905, “Mohammedanism”, in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company

    Synonyms: Mohammedism

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounIslam, the religion introduced by Muhammad.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the earlier form Mahometanism; equivalent to Muhammadan + -ism; compare Muhammadism, coined in the 17th century after French mahométisme.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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