jihadism

Late 1970s, from jihad +‎ -ism.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈhæd.ɪz.əm/, /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd.ɪz.əm/

jihadism (usually uncountable, plural jihadisms)

1. The ideological movement within modern Islamism that advocates armed jihad and hostility against non-believers.
   • 1983, Research in social anthropology, 1975-1980‎:

     The twin institutions of mahdist jihadism and radical puritanical sufism

   • 2009 February 4, Jonathan Freedland, “As British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent”, in The Guardian‎:

     Liberals rightly recoil from the constant pressure on Muslims to explain themselves and denounce jihadism or even islamism.

• Salafi jihadism

• jihadist