anti-Islamic

adjective

Relating to or exhibiting prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Islam or Muslims.

Meanings

adjectiveanti-Islamic (comparative more anti-Islamic, superlative most anti-Islamic)

comparative more anti-Islamic · superlative most anti-Islamic

  1. Relating to or exhibiting prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Islam or Muslims.

    The center found in the month following the Paris attacks, from November 13 to December 13, the rate of anti-Islamic hate crimes tripled, compared with the monthly average from the previous five years. In the week following the San Bernardino attack, there were 11 suspected hate crimes alone.

    2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021

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Dutch anti-islam
  • anti-islamhostile against Islam or Muslims
French antimusulman, antifoulard
  • antimusulmanhostile against Islam or Muslims
  • antifoulardhostile against Islam or Muslims
German antiislamisch
  • antiislamischhostile against Islam or Muslims
Hindi इस्लाम विरोधी
  • इस्लाम विरोधी (islām virodhī)hostile against Islam or Muslims
Italian antiislamico
  • antiislamicohostile against Islam or Muslims
Persian ضد اسلامی
  • ضد اسلامی (zedd-e eslâmi)hostile against Islam or Muslims
Portuguese anti-islâmico, antimuçulmano
  • anti-islâmicohostile against Islam or Muslims
  • antimuçulmanohostile against Islam or Muslims
Russian антиисла́мский
  • антиисла́мский (antiislámskij)hostile against Islam or Muslims
Spanish antimusulmán
  • antimusulmánhostile against Islam or Muslims
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anti-Islamic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Islamic

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Chicago

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