Islamofascist

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noun

A Muslim fundamentalist.

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

nounIslamofascist (plural Islamofascists)

plural Islamofascists

  1. USA Muslim fundamentalist.

    Political candidates appeal to those Christians by defining the ambition of Islamofascists in language that makes prior threats from, say, Hitler or Stalin seem benign.

    2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times
    1 more example

    So it is with the highly ideological term "Islamofascist," a label that is being wielded as a blunt weapon in a left-right debate and has been carelessly bandied about by some presidential candidates.

    2007 June 11, “A lazy, simplistic analogy”, in The New York Times
adjectiveIslamofascist (comparative more Islamofascist, superlative most Islamofascist)

comparative more Islamofascist · superlative most Islamofascist

  1. USderogatoryoffensiveOf or pertaining to Islamofascism

    Synonyms: Muslimofascist

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to Islamofascism

Origin

  1. Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
  2. Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
  3. EnglishIslam
  4. EnglishIslamo-
  5. Latinfascis
  6. Italianfascio
  7. Italianfascista
  8. Englishfascist
  9. EnglishIslamofascist

From Islamo- + fascist.

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Translations

Italian islamofascista
  • islamofascistaTranslations
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APA

Islamofascist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascist

MLA

“Islamofascist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Islamofascist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascist.

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