terrorism

CEFRB1

/ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Violence used to create fear for political purposes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.

Examples

  • The neighboring countries never submitted to his terrorism.

  • We will never countenance terrorism.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

  2. The use of intimidation or bullying tactics.

  3. Deliberate misspelling of tourism.

More examples

In context

  • We at the GCN Prisoner Project often get letters from prisoners who are being harassed (above and beyond the usual terrorism of the prison business) because of their being queer.

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Origin

noun

From French terrorisme, from terreur + -isme. By surface analysis, terror + -ism. The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.