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Islamic

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See also: islàmic and Islāmic

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Islam +‎ -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.
    • 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.

Usage notes

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

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Noun

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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.

References

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  1. ^ “Islamic, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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