Islamofascist

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English

Etymology

From Islamo- +‎ fascist.

Noun

Islamofascist (plural Islamofascists)

  1. (chiefly US) A Muslim fundamentalist.
    • 2007 November 6, “A lazy, simplistic analogy”, in The New York Times:
      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.
    • 2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:
      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.

Translations

Adjective

Islamofascist (comparative more Islamofascist, superlative most Islamofascist)

  1. (chiefly US, derogatory, offensive) Of or pertaining to Islamofascism

Synonyms

References

  • OED (online) 2007