'Terrorism' definitions:
Definition of 'terrorism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear [syn: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act]
Definition of 'Terrorism'
From: GCIDE
- Terrorism \Ter"ror*ism\, n. [Cf. F. terrorisme.]
- 1. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'terrorism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- anarchism,
- animality,
- argumentum baculinum,
- atrocity,
- barbarity,
- big stick,
- bloodlust,
- Bolshevikism,
- Bolshevism,
- brutality,
- Carbonarism,
- Castroism,
- despotism,
- destructiveness,
- domination,
- domineering,
- extremity,
- fascism,
- ferociousness,
- fierceness,
- force,
- furiousness,
- harshness,
- heavy hand,
- high hand,
- horrification,
- impetuosity,
- inclemency,
- inhumanity,
- intensity,
- iron boot,
- iron hand,
- iron heel,
- Jacobinism,
- malignity,
- Maoism,
- mercilessness,
- mindlessness,
- murderousness,
- oppression,
- pitilessness,
- reign of terror,
- revolutionism,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- sans-culotterie,
- sans-culottism,
- savagery,
- scaremongering,
- severity,
- sharpness,
- Sinn Feinism,
- syndicalism,
- terror tactics,
- terroristic tactics,
- terrorization,
- thought control,
- tyranny,
- ungentleness,
- vandalism,
- vehemence,
- venom,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- virulence
Words containing 'Terrorism'
- Terror,
- Terrorize,
- terrorization,
- terrorizing,
- King of terrors,
- Night terrors,
- Reign of Terror,
- act of terrorism,
- biological terrorism,
- chemical terrorism,
- domestic terrorism,
- ecological terrorism,
- holy terror,
- international terrorism,
- little terror,
- night terror,
- nuclear terrorism,
- cyber-terrorism,
- sleep terror disorder,
- terror-stricken,
- terror-struck,
- state-sponsored terrorism