English

Noun

Islamicist ‎(plural Islamicists)

1. An expert or scholar in Islam. [from 1950s]
2. An Islamic fundamentalist. [from 1960s]

Adjective

Islamicist ‎(comparative more Islamicist, superlative most Islamicist)

1. Pertaining to Islamic scholarship. [from 1960s]
2. Pertaining to Islamic fundamentalism. [from 1970s]
   • 2006, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 16:

     With strong US support, the Bouteflika regime has to some extent been successful in suppressing the Islamicist revolt, winning over the pious middle classes, and providing the Pentagon with a staunch ally in the war on terror […].