jihad
noun
ji·had
| \ ji-ˈhäd
, chiefly British -ˈhad\
, chiefly British -ˈhad\
variants:
or less commonly jehad
Definition of jihad
1
: a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty
also
: a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline
2
: a crusade for a principle or belief
Examples of jihad in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
But the City of Denver’s little jihad against fledging entrepreneurs, like those who do short-term rentals of their property, isn’t about noisy guests. — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, "Caldara: Denver’s war against people and their houseguests, via AirBNB," 6 Sep. 2019 White supremacy, like Islamist jihad, is a global problem. — Mary B. Mccord, Twin Cities, "Mary B. McCord: White nationalist killers are terrorists. We should fight them like terrorists.," 13 Aug. 2019 There is something insincere about claiming to offer an explanation of today’s terrorism and jihad problem but telling only one side of the story. — Bartle Bull, WSJ, "‘Crusade and Jihad’ Review: Conquest and Conquerors," 26 Aug. 2018 That is when al-Qaeda was encouraged to make Afghanistan the headquarters of its global anti-American jihad. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Losing the War in Forgotten Afghanistan," 10 Aug. 2019 Emwazi was drifting after university, in search of meaning for his life, and jihad gave him a higher purpose. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "Jihadi John, Domestic Terrorist," 6 Aug. 2019 Often, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. — Mohammad Hassan Khalil, The Conversation, "So, what really is jihad?," 20 June 2019 There are worrying links, as the Chinese authorities are keen to point out, between Uighur separatism and global jihad, especially in the Uighur diaspora, which is based in Turkey. — The Economist, "China has turned Xinjiang into a police state like no other," 31 May 2018 In recent years, the ISIS affiliate has recruited heavily from the region, arming Peul men in return for their participation in jihad. — Eric Schmitt And Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, "Niger Ambush Suspect May Be in Custody, Officials Say," 16 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jihad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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jihad
noun
English Language Learners Definition of jihad
: a war fought by Muslims to defend or spread their beliefs
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