Islam + -ic
- IPA(key): /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/, /ɪzˈlæmɪk/
Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic)
- Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.
- The spelling (Islāmic) is far less common than (Islamic); however, some scholars assert that it implies a more correct pronunciation (with a long ‘ā’: [ɑː], as opposed to a short ‘a’: as [æ]). It is standard in the publications of The Muslim Education Trust; as, for example, in the 1998 [5th Ed.] publication of Islām: Beliefs and Teachings, by Ghulam Sarwar (ISBN: 0–907261–03–5).
Islamic (plural Islamics)
- (colloquial, US) a malapropism for 'Islamist'
2008, John Hagee, Financial Armageddon, Frontline, →ISBN, page 72:This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics.