Meanings
nounQutbism (uncountable)
alternative Quṭbism
- uncountableIslamAn Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb, the figurehead of the Muslim Brotherhood, involving the use of military force to propagate sharia law.
The ideology of Qutbism was pursued by Muhammad Abdul al-Salam Faraj, who emerged after Qutb as Egypt's most important Islamist revolutionaries.
2007, Bilveer Singh, The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists
Origin
Translations
Arabic قُطْبِيَّة
- قُطْبِيَّة (quṭbiyya)Translations
Persian قطبگرایی
- قطبگرایی (qotb-garâyi)Translations
Turkish Kutupçuluk
- KutupçulukTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
Qutbism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qutbism
MLA
“Qutbism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qutbism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Qutbism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qutbism.
Source: Qutbism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.