jihadist

[ji-hah-dist]

noun

1. a jihadi.

adjective

1. of or relating to jihad or jihadists.

   jihadist terrorism.

Other Word Forms

• jihadism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jihadist¹

First recorded in 1910–15; jihad ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

But the jihadist insurgency has continued, and has made much of the north and east of the country ungovernable.

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Burkina Faso's military junta, which seized power in a September 2022 coup, is regularly accused of repressing dissent, notably within civil society and the media, claiming the move is part of the battle against jihadist violence that has plagued the country for a decade.

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In recent years, the country has battled violence from a separatist movement among its English-speaking minority in the western regions and jihadist attacks in the north.

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Swahili dialects are already spoken along Somalia's southern coast and the language has been used more widely around the country in recent years - one of the consequences of the civil war that erupted in 1991 and brought decades of instability and more recently jihadist violence.

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Claudia Mendoza, the head of the Jewish Leadership Council, believes there has been a failure by successive governments in the UK to confront violent jihadist language and tackle antisemitic hate.

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