terrorist

See also: Terrorist

English

Etymology

From French terroriste. By surface analysis, terror +‎ -ist. First used by Edmund Burke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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, John Oliver (actor), via 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. (historical) An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

Hyponyms

• lone wolfer

Derived terms

• counterterrorist
• one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
• stochastic terrorist
• terrorist camp
• terrorist fist jab

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: テロリスト (terorisuto)
• → 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 (ʔirhābiyy), إِرْهَابِيَّة f (ʔirhābiyya)
• Armenian: ահաբեկիչ (hy) (ahabekičʻ)，տեռորիստ (hy) (teṙorist)
• Asturian: terrorista m or f
• Azerbaijani: terrorist, terrorçu
• Basque: terrorista (eu)
• Belarusian: тэрары́ст m (terarýst), тэрары́стка f (terarýstka)
• Bengali: সন্ত্রাসবাদী (bn) (śontrasbadi)
• 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), 恐怖分子 (zh) (kǒngbùfènzǐ)

• 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) (terrorcu)
• 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: تِروریسْت (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 (terrorči)
• 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: دَہْشَت گَرْد m (dahśat gard), دَہْشَت پَسَنْد m (dahśat pasand), آتَنْکوادی m (ātankvādī), تَخْوِیف پَسَنْد m (taxvīf pasand)
• Uyghur: تېررورچى (tërrorchi)
• Uzbek: terrorist (uz), jangari (uz), terrorchi (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

• "Terrorist" is a loaded term; 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.

Derived terms

• counterterrorist

 

Related terms

• terror
• terrorize
• terroristic
• terrorism
• ecoterrorist

Translations

of or relating to terrorism

• Arabic: إِرْهَابِيّ (ʔirhābiyy)
• Armenian: ահաբեկչական (hy) (ahabekčʻakan)
• 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 (fi) (adjective)
• Galician: terrorista (gl)
• German: terroristisch (de), terror-
• Greek: τρομοκρατικός (el) (tromokratikós)
• Hungarian: terrorista (hu)
• Macedonian: терори́стички (terorístički)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: terroristisk

• Occitan: terrorista (oc)
• Persian: تروریست (fa)
• 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 (sv)
• Ukrainian: терористи́чний (terorystýčnyj)
• Vietnamese: khủng bố (vi)
• Volapük: jekälimik

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French terroriste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.rɔˈrɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

terror +‎ -ist

Noun

terrorist c

1. terrorist

Declension

Declension of terrorist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	terrorist	terrorists
	definite	terroristen	terroristens
plural	indefinite	terrorister	terroristers
	definite	terroristerna	terroristernas

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

References

• terrorist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• terrorist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)