Islamic
Pronunciations (4)
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/ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/
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/ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/
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/ɪzˈlæmɪk/
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ɪsˈlɑːmɪk
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.
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Muslims were recognized [in Bosnia and Hercegovina] as an ethnic nationality in 1969. Today the republic is 40 percent Islamic.
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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.
Noun
An Islamist.
Usage- US usage
- Colloquial
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This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.
Adjective
of or relating to or supporting Islamism
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Islamic art
Word forms
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