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.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: islamofascista

Adjective

Islamofascist (comparative more Islamofascist, superlative most Islamofascist)

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

Synonyms

• Muslimofascist

Related terms

• Islamonazism

References

• OED (online) 2007