jihadist

Definitions

1. One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.
2. An adherent of jihadism.
3. One who is militant for their religion (or irreligion).

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةجهاديجهاديةمجاهد

Azərbaycan dilicıhadçımücahid

Bosanskiдушман

Catalàgihadista

Češtinadžihádista

Eestimudžahiid

فارسیمجاهد

Suomijihadistijihadistinen

Gaeilgejiohádach

Hrvatskiдушман

Italianojihadista

日本語ムジャーヒディーンムジャーヒド

한국어무자헤딘무자히드

Македонскиџихадистџихадистка

Nederlandsmoedjahedien

Polskidżihadystadżihadystka

Portuguêsjihadijihadista

Русскийбасмачдушманмоджахед

Српскидушман

Svenskajihadistjihadistisk

Kiswahilikijihadimwanajihadi

TürkçeMücahit

Examples

“[…] only a matter⟳ of time before Christian jihadists start⟳ strapping bombs to their bodies and going off on suicide missions in the name⟳ of Jesus Christ.”

“Like⟳ Muslim jihadists, Christian jihadists such as these two are willing to sacrifice as they seek⟳ to impose⟳ their religious tyranny on others.”

“[…] with Christian jihadists wearing bandoliers, waving real weapons, and waging a literal flesh-and-blood incursion against teachers of false religions.”

“By the end⟳ of the semester, only one radical Jewish jihadist in my study⟳ group kept being a racist pig and attacking me personally in section discussions.”

“I was prepared to meet⟳ a radical atheist jihadist. Would we brawl right there in my hotel room? I half expected just that.”

“[…] and even later evolved into the Jewish jihadist who wrote the Book of Revelation.”

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