Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adherent of Islam; an Islamite.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an orthodox Muslim
- noun a scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies
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Examples
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The islamist uses verbiage from the West to convince the West that the islamist is the victim.
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The islamist uses verbiage from the West to convince the West that the islamist is the victim.
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The islamist uses verbiage from the West to convince the West that the islamist is the victim.
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Therefore, anyone who doesn't think or act like the islamist is the enemy.
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Therefore, anyone who doesn't think or act like the islamist is the enemy.
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Therefore, anyone who doesn't think or act like the islamist is the enemy.
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So, unless you believe that Teveth is a revisionist and that the New York Times has gone "islamist", I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you: Ben Gurion said exactly the words I quoted.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Your readiness to invoke "islamist" conspiracy in every trouble spot in the world is beginning to suggest a morbid paranoia on your part
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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In fact, I'm not sure that he's ever commented on a grammatical point before, or indeed on any other question of usage that doesn't involve the interpretation of a politically-charged word like "islamist" or "christianist", a term that Sullivan has done much to popularize....
Archive 2007-02-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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Until it undergoes a reformation, and I think it will, eventually, drag itself into the 21st Century, islam is identical to this new made-up, politically correct word, "islamist".
Teacher Sacked for Saying "Most Suicide Bombers are Muslims" 2007
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