jihadist

[ ji-hah-dist ]

noun

1. a jihadi.

adjective

1. of or relating to jihad or jihadists:

   jihadist terrorism.

Other Words From

• ji·hadism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jihadist¹

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

Example Sentences

Many of the troops I met on front lines told me that Assad was a better option than the jihadist extremists of Islamic State group.

From BBC

In 2024, faced by a well-organised rebel force that insisted it was nationalist, Islamist but no longer jihadist, the army's reluctant conscripts refused to fight, stripped off their uniforms and went home.

From BBC

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani has dropped that nom de guerre associated with his jihadist past, and been using his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in official communiques issued since Thursday, ahead of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

From BBC

Once clad in traditional jihadist militant attire, he has adopted a more Western-style wardrobe in the past years.

From BBC

After the 2003 US-led invasion, he joined other foreign fighters in Iraq and, in 2005, was imprisoned at Camp Bucca, where he enhanced his jihadist affiliations and later on was introduced to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the quiet scholar who would later go on to lead IS.

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