Islamic

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See also: islàmic and Islāmic

English

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Etymology

From Islam +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlæmɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

Usage notes

  • The spelling (Islāmic) is far less common than (Islamic); however, some scholars assert that it implies a more correct pronunciation (with a long ‘ā’: , as opposed to a short ‘a’: as ). It is standard in the publications of The Muslim Education Trust; as, for example, in the 1998 publication of Islām: Beliefs and Teachings, by Ghulam Sarwar (ISBN: 0–907261–03–5).

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Noun

Islamic (plural Islamics)

  1. (colloquial, US) a malapropism for 'Islamist'
    • 2008, John Hagee, Financial Armageddon, Frontline, →ISBN, page 72:
      This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.

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