terrorist

terrorist

See also: Terrorist

English

Etymology

From French terroriste; synchronically terror +‎ -ist. First used by Edmund Burke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

terrorist (plural terrorists)

1. A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
   • 2016 April 10, “Credit Reports”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 8, HBO:

     Hooooly shit! That is terrible, because (1), he is not a terrorist, and (2), I do hope we have a better strategy for dealing with terrorists than flagging their credit reports and denying them their dream apartments! Hey, not in America! Not in America!

2. An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Hyponyms

• lone wolfer

Descendants

• → Japanese: テロリスト
• → Korean: 테러리스트 (tereoriseuteu)

Translations

person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle

Afrikaans: terroriste Albanian: terrorist (sq) m, terroriste f Amharic: አሸባሪ (ʾäšäbari) Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ‎ m (ʾirhābiyy), إِرْهَابِيَّة‎ f (ʾirhābiyya) Armenian: ահաբեկիչ (hy) (ahabekičʿ)，տեռորիստ (hy) (teṙorist) Asturian: terrorista m or f Azerbaijani: terrorist, terrorçu Basque: terrorista (eu) Belarusian: тэрары́ст m (terarýst), тэрары́стка f (terarýstka) Bengali: সন্ত্রাসবাদী (sôntrasbadī) Bulgarian: терори́ст m (teroríst), терори́стка f (terorístka) Burmese: အကြမ်းဖက်သမား (my) (a.kram:hpaksa.ma:) Catalan: terrorista (ca) m or f Cebuano: terorista Central Huishui Hmong: neeg ua phem Chichewa: zigawenga Chinese: Mandarin: 恐怖份子 (zh) (kǒngbùfènzi), 恐怖主義者／恐怖主义者 (zh) (kǒngbùzhǔyìzhě) Cornish: broweghyas m, broweghyades f Corsican: tirrurista Czech: terorista (cs) m, teroristka f Danish: terrorist (da) c Dutch: terrorist (nl) m, terroriste (nl) f, terreurpleger m, terreurpleegster f Esperanto: teroristo Estonian: terrorist (et) Finnish: terroristi (fi) French: terroriste (fr) m or f Galician: terrorista (gl) m or f Georgian: ტერორისტი (ka) (ṭerorisṭi) German: Terrorist (de) m, Terroristin (de) f Greek: τρομοκράτης (el) m (tromokrátis), τρομοκράτισσα (el) f (tromokrátissa) Gujarati: આતંકી (ātaṅkī) Haitian Creole: teroris Hebrew: טֶרוֹרִיסְט‎ (he) m (teroríst), מְחַבֵּל‎ m (m'khabél) Hindi: आतंकवादी (hi) (ātaṅkvādī), दहशतनाक m (dahśatnāk) Hungarian: terrorista (hu) Icelandic: hryðjuverkamaður m Igbo: na-eyi ọha egwu Indonesian: teroris (id), penggentar (id) Irish: sceimhlitheoir (ga) m Italian: terrorista (it) m or f Japanese: テロリスト (ja) (terorisuto), テロ (ja) (tero) Javanese: teroris Kannada: ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕ (kn) (bhayōtpādaka) Kazakh: лаңкес (lañkes), терроршы (terrorşy) Khmer: ភេរវជន (pheirĕəʼvĕəʼcŭən) Korean: 테러리스트 (tereoriseuteu), 테로분자 (terobunja) (North Korea), 테러범 (tereobeom) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: terorîst (ku), irhabî (ku) Kyrgyz: террорист (ky) (terrorist), террорчу (ky) (terrorçu) Lao: ຜູ້ກໍ່ການຮ້າຍ (phū kǭ kān hāi) Latin: terrorista m or f Latvian: terorists m, teroriste f Lithuanian: teroristas m, teroristė f Luxembourgish: (please verify) terroristesch Macedonian: терори́ст m (teroríst), терори́стка f (terorístka) Malagasy: mpampihorohoro (mg) Malay: pengganas Malayalam: തീവ്രവാദി (ml) (tīvravādi, literally “extremist”), ഭീകരൻ (bhīkaraṉ) Maltese: terroristiku Maori: kaiwhakatuma, kaiwhakarekereke Marathi: दहशतवादी (dahśatvādī) Mongolian: Cyrillic: алан хядагч (alan xjadagč) Norman: terreuriste m or f Norwegian: Bokmål: terrorist m Nynorsk: terrorist (nn) m Occitan: terrorista (oc) m or f Pashto: ترهګر‎ m (trahgar), تروريست‎ m (terorist) Persian: تروریست‎ (fa) (terorist) Polish: terrorysta (pl) m, terrorystka (pl) f Portuguese: terrorista (pt) m or f Punjabi: ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ (pa) (attavādī) Romanian: terorist (ro) m, teroristă (ro) f Russian: террори́ст (ru) m (terroríst), террори́стка (ru) f (terrorístka) Samoan: terorisi Scottish Gaelic: ceannairceach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: теро̀риста m, теро̀рист m, теро̀ристкиња m Roman: teròrista m, teròrist (sh) m, teròristkinja (sh) f Shona: magandanga Sinhalese: ත්රස්තවාදී (trastawādī) Slovak: terorista m, teroristka f Slovene: terorist (sl) m, teroristka f Somali: argagaxiso Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: terorist m Spanish: terrorista (es) m or f Sundanese: teroris Swahili: (please verify) adui (sw) class ma Swedish: terrorist (sv) c Tagalog: terorista Tajik: террорист (terrorist), террорчӣ (terrorčī) Tamil: பயங்கரவாத (payaṅkaravāta) Telugu: తీవ్రవాద (tīvravāda) Thai: ผู้ก่อการร้าย (th) (pûu-gɔ̀ɔ-gaan-ráai) Turkish: terörist (tr), yıldırıcı (tr) Turkmen: terrorçy Ukrainian: терори́ст m (terorýst), терори́ст f (terorýst) Urdu: دہشت پسند‎ m (dahśat pasand), آتنکوادی‎ m (ātankvādī), تخویف پسند‎ m (taxvīf pasand), دہشت گرد‎ m (dehśat gard) Uzbek: terrorist (uz), jangari (uz) Vietnamese: người khủng bố, tên khủng bố, kẻ khủng bố Volapük: (♂♀) jekikodan, (♂) hijekikodan, (♀) jijekikodan, (♂♀) jeikareigan Welsh: terfysgwr (cy) m, brawychwr m Yiddish: טעראָריסט‎ m (terorist) Yoruba: apanilaya Zulu: amaphekula

Adjective

terrorist (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to terrorism.
   • 2002 January 29, George Walker Bush, "2002 State of the Union Address".

     States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

   • 2021, Antonio Parlade Jr., “To catch a commie and friends by their mouths”, in The Manila Times:

     This controversy is quite similar to the red-tagging brouhaha exploded against me by Gabriela and its ilk in the CPP-NPA-NDF legal front. In a Facebook post, I had warned Liza Soberano of the deceptive tactics of the group in recruiting showbiz icons into the communist terrorist insurgency. I was very specific in that post, saying the advice is being issued by a father, a brother or an uncle not wanting to have his daughter, sister or niece led down the road to perdition. The seeming mouthpieces of the CPP hiding in Rappler, Inquirer and Philippine Star suddenly had a heyday slamming me for allegedly red tagging the actress as well as Miss Universe Catriona Gray.

Usage notes

• The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's "freedom fighter", and vice versa depending on somebody's personal ideology or beliefs.

Related terms

• terror
• terrorize
• terroristic
• terrorism
• ecoterrorist

Translations

of or relating to terrorism

Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ‎ (ʾirhābiyy) Armenian: ահաբեկչական (hy) (ahabekčʿakan) Asturian: terrorista Belarusian: тэрарысты́чны (terarystýčny) Bulgarian: терористи́чен (teroristíčen) Catalan: terrorista (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 恐怖主義的／恐怖主义的 (zh) (kǒngbùzhǔyì de) Czech: teroristický (cs) Danish: terroristisk Dutch: terroristisch (nl) Finnish: terroristi- (fi), terroristien (fi) (noun forms); terroristinen (adjective) Galician: terrorista (gl) German: terroristisch (de), terror- Greek: τρομοκρατικός (el) (tromokratikós) Hungarian: terrorista (hu) Macedonian: терори́стички (terorístički) Norwegian: Bokmål: terroristisk Occitan: terrorista (oc) Polish: terrorystyczny (pl) m Portuguese: terrorista (pt) Romanian: terorist (ro) Russian: террористи́ческий (ru) (terroristíčeskij) Scottish Gaelic: ceannairceach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: терорѝстичкӣ Roman: terorìstičkī (sh) Slovak: teroristický Slovene: terorističen (sl) Spanish: terrorista (es) Swahili: ugaidi Swedish: terroristisk Ukrainian: терористи́чний (terorystýčnyj) Vietnamese: khủng bố (vi) Volapük: jekälimik

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French terroriste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.rɔˈrɪst/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ter‧ro‧rist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

terrorist m (plural terroristen, diminutive terroristje n)

1. (derogatory, see usage note) A terrorist.
2. (historical) A supporter of the French Reign of Terror.

Usage notes

Like English terrorist, use of this word is rather subjective.

Derived terms

• terroristisch

Related terms

• terroriseren
• terrorisme

Descendants

• → Indonesian: teroris

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

terrorist m (definite singular terroristen, indefinite plural terrorister, definite plural terroristene)

1. terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)

Related terms

• terrorisme

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

terrorist m (definite singular terroristen, indefinite plural terroristar, definite plural terroristane)

1. terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)

Related terms

• terrorisme

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Swedish

Etymology

terror +‎ -ist

Noun

terrorist c

1. terrorist

Declension

Declension of terrorist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	terrorist	terroristen	terrorister	terroristerna
Genitive	terrorists	terroristens	terroristers	terroristernas

Derived terms

Derived terms

terroristaktion terroristangrepp terroristattack terroristattentat terroristbekämpning

terroristbrott terroristcell terroristdåd terroristexpert terroristgrupp

terroristhot terroristisk terroristjakt terroristlag terroristledare

terroristmål terroristnätverk terroriststämpel terroriststämpla terroriststämpling

Related terms

• terrordåd
• terrorisera
• terrorism

See also

• självmordsbombare