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jihadism.

The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.

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noun/d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm//d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd.ɪz.əm/
  1. The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Late 1970s, from jihad + -ism.

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