Islamist
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- noun
- /ˈɪzləmɪst/
- Specialized
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- The Islamist in our university hosted a seminar on the history of Islamic philosophy.
- Islamist movement
Examples
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As is common among Islamist preachers, he substituted politics for theology and spirituality.
Academic text (2008) -
Ansar al-Sharia is a Sunni Islamist group active in Benghazi.
Blog text (15) -
Despite all these changes, Islamic thought regarded the Islamist movement of the time as a movement searching for an alternative civilization.
Academic text (2018) -
Marc J. Fink is the Director of Islamist Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum.
Blog text (31) -
More importantly, it sacrifices an important moderate Islamist alternative for Egypt and the Arab world.
Academic text (1999) -
The bulk of the Islamist groups, however, are orthodox with mainstream orientation and have been incorporated into the political scene.
Academic text (1992) -
Islamist jurists do not view the Muslim nation and the West as equivalent structures.
Academic text (2007) -
And within Syria there was a new Islamist ideologist who was determined to exploit the growing uncertainties in Europe and America.
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For example, some Islamists reject democracy as a Western innovation and call for an Islamic shura.
Academic text (1996) -
As an Islamist, she published several articles focusing on the interpretation of Quranic texts.
Synonyms
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6.7
A Muslim religious leader who leads mosque prayers and sometimes acts as a spiritual guide
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9.8
A senior leader in Shia Islam who gives rules about Islamic law and often has political power
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8.5
A Muslim religious leader who teaches Islam and leads prayers in a mosque
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9.9
A Muslim scholar who gives official rulings about Islamic law
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8.6
A respected Muslim religious leader who gives advice and teaches about faith
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9.1
A respected Muslim religious teacher and community leader
A Muslim scholar who makes legal decisions from Islamic holy texts
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Islamist = Islam (transparent) = Islam + ist
A straightforward agentive derivation: 'Islam' + '-ist' yields a specialist or scholar of Islam, which learners can infer.
Etymology
Islamist comes from Islam, the name of the religion, and the ending -ist, which means 'a person who', as in artist or scientist. So an Islamist in this sense is 'a person who studies or teaches Islam', a specialist in Islamic studies.