Link Centre Dictionary

Mohammedanism

mo·ham·me·danism

uncommon

noun

1.
2.

the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

  • “the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion”
Synonyms

Origin

From the earlier form Mahometanism; equivalent to Muhammadan + -ism; compare Muhammadism, coined in the 17th century after French mahométisme.

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Part of

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.