Meanings
plural Islamofascists
- 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 Times1 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
comparative more Islamofascist · superlative most Islamofascist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to Islamofascism
Origin
- Arabicأَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama)
- Arabicإِسْلَام (ʔislām)
- EnglishIslam
- EnglishIslamo-
- Latinfascis
- Italianfascio
- Italianfascista
- Englishfascist
- EnglishIslamofascist
Translations
Italian islamofascista
- islamofascistaTranslations
Cite this entry
Islamofascist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascist
“Islamofascist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Islamofascist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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