Islamofascist

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[1]:
      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[2]:
      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.

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Adjective

Islamofascist (comparative more Islamofascist, superlative most Islamofascist)

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

Synonyms

References

  • OED (online) 2007
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