ISLAMIST

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• ISLAMIST (noun)
  The noun ISLAMIST has 2 senses:

1. a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies

2. an orthodox Muslim

  Familiarity information: ISLAMIST used as a noun is rare.

• ISLAMIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Islamist" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An orthodox Muslim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Islamist" is a kind of...):

Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)

Holonyms ("Islamist" is a member of...):

Islam; Muslimism (the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion)

Derivation:

Islam (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)

Islam (the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion)

Islamism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)

Islamism (a fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life)