'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