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Meaning of "Shiism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIISM

Shiism  [ˈʃiːɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIISM

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verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shiism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHIISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shiism

Shia Islam

The Shia represent the second largest denomination of Islam and adherents of Shia Islam are called Shias or the Shi'a as a collective or Shi'i individually. Shi'a is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī meaning "followers", "faction" or "party" of Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin Ali, whom the Shia believe to be Muhammad's successor in the Caliphate. Twelver Shia is the largest branch of Shia Islam and the term Shia Muslim is often taken to refer to Twelvers by default. Shia Muslims constitute 10-20% of the world's Muslim population and 38% of the Middle East's entire population. Shi'i Islam is based on the Quran and the message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad attested in hadith recorded by the Shia, and certain books deemed sacred to the Shia. Shia consider Ali to have been divinely appointed as the successor to Muhammad, and as the first Imam.

Definition of Shiism in the English dictionary

The definition of Shiism in the dictionary is the beliefs and practices of Shiah.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIISM


absenteeism
ˌæbsənˈtiːɪzəm
allotheism
ˈæləʊˌθiːɪzəm
antitheism
ˌæntɪˈθiːɪzəm
autotheism
ˌɔːtəʊˈθiːɪzəm
caffeism
kæˈfiːɪzəm
cicisbeism
ˌtʃiːtʃiːzˈbiːɪzəm
cosmotheism
ˌkɒzməʊˈθiːɪzəm
Dadaism
ˈdɑːdɑːɪzəm
deism
ˈdiːɪzəm
egotheism
ˌiːɡəʊˈθiːɪzəm
hylotheism
ˌhaɪləˈθiːɪzəm
mythopoeism
ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪzəm
panentheism
ˌpænɛnˈθiːɪzəm
phaeism
ˈfiːɪzəm
presenteeism
ˌprɛzənˈtiːɪzəm
refugeeism
ˌrɛfjuːˈdʒiːɪzəm
Sadduceeism
ˈsædjʊˌsiːɪzəm
sutteeism
sʌˈtiːɪzəm
theism
ˈθiːɪzəm
zootheism
ˈzəʊəˌθiːɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIISM

Shihchiachuang
Shihkiachwang
shiitake
shiitake mushroom
Shiite
Shiitic
Shijiazhuang
shikar
shikaree
shikarees
shikari
shikarred
shikarring
shikker
Shikoku

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIISM

activism
autism
Buddhism
capitalism
criticism
Gandhiism
hedonism
ism
journalism
Judaism
mechanism
metabolism
Naziism
obiism
prism
professionalism
racism
terrorism
tourism
zombiism

Synonyms and antonyms of Shiism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Shiism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIISM

Find out the translation of Shiism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Shiism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shiism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

什叶派
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chiísmo
570 millions of speakers

English

Shiism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Shiism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шиизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

xiismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Shiism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chiisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shiisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schiismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Shiism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Shiism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shiism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Shiism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷியா பிரிவு இஸ்லாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Shiism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şiilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szyitów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шиїзм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Shiism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σιιτισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sjiisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shiism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sjiaislam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Shiism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIISM»

The term «Shiism» is normally little used and occupies the 122.030 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Shiism
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Shiism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Shiism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Shiism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIISM»

Discover the use of Shiism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shiism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scripture and Exegesis in Early Imāmī-Shiism
An examination of the features and methods of Imami exegesis.
Meʼir Mikhaʼel Bar-Asher, 1999
2
Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism
Unique study which offers new perspectives on contemporary Islamic iconography And The use of imageries in ritual contexts.
Ingvild Flaskerud, 2010
3
Early Philosophical Shiism: The Isma'ili Neoplatonism of Abu ...
The first book-length study of a leading tenth-century Ismaili theoretician Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani.
Paul E. Walker, 1993
4
Islamic Ecumenism In The 20th Century: The Azhar And Shiism ...
This survey of more than one century of inner-Islamic ecumenical activities in modern times concentrates on the role of the Cairo-based Azhar University and its relations to Shiite scholars.
Rainer Brünner, 2004
5
Shiism and Politics in the Middle East
This study explains the background of the Bahraini conflict in the context of the wider issue of Shiism as a political force in the Arab Middle East while exploring other issues relating to the role of the Shiite Islamist movements in ...
Laurence Louër, 2012
6
Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism: Trends and Patterns
Central to this utopianism was the demand for the renewal of Shiism as a robust, modern force that would give birth to a perfect Islamic community, developed and consolidated in the modern era. With this revivalism in mind, the development ...
Assaf Moghadam, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Islam
(also called Twelver Shiism, Ithnaashari Shiism, and Imami Shiism) shiism is the leading sectarian alternative to Sunni Islam. The largest of the three major Shii traditions is Twelve-Imam Shiism (the other two being ismaili shiism and zaydi ...
Juan Eduardo Campo, 2009
8
The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and ...
A SHIITE CLERIC'S CRITICISM OF SHIISM: MUSA AL-MUSAWI RAINER BRUNNER The intellectual history of Twelver Shiism in the 20th century has witnessed quite a few attempts by religious scholars and lay intellectuals at religious reform, ...
Rainer Brunner, Werner Ende, 2001
9
The Failure of Political Islam
10 ♢ Iran: Shiism and Revolution ran is the only country in which Shiism is the state religion, and the only one in which a true Islamic revolution took place. -4. The Iranian revolution is tightly linked to Shiism, conceived of not as a corpus, but as ...
Olivier Roy, 1994
10
Islamic Philosophical Theology
The University of Chicago SHIISM AND KHARIJISM, the two earliest schismatic movements in Islam, arose about the problem of the legitimate leadership of the Muslim community. Their respective positions concerning the question of the ...
Parviz Morewedge, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Shiism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Powers of persuasion
And Wahid Bihbihani (1704-91) revived and refashioned the waning Usuli school of Shiism, as the Ottoman and Safavid empires lost control of Iran and Iraq. «The Economist, Jul 15»
2
Persecution of Egypt's Shiites continues
On May 18, the prosecution accused Shiite leader Al-Taher al-Hashimy of attempting to spread Shiism, disturbing social peace and conducting covert activities, ... «Al-Monitor, May 15»
3
Azerbaijan-Iran Relations: Secularism vs. Shiism?
Moreover, according to some analysts, the interest in Sunni Islam among young people is growing faster than that of Shiism, which the Azerbaijani authorities ... «Onislam.net, Mar 15»
4
Anti-Shiism demands we re-evaluate fight for human rights
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2014 — “There's two kinds of people in this world,” says Will Smith in the movie trailer for Focus. “There's hammers and nails. «Communities Digital News, Nov 14»
5
Lift ban on Shia novel, says 1Malaysia Foundation
Writings on Shiism, including the banned novel "Perempuan Nan Bercinta", should not be deemed deviant as the school of thought is integral to Islam, ... «The Malaysian Insider, May 14»
6
Book launched by Najib banned for 'promoting Shiism'
A book launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with much fanfare in 2012 by renowned local author Faisal Tehrani was banned by the Home ... «The Malaysian Insider, Apr 14»
7
The language of anti-Shiism
Sectarian tensions are not new, of course, but the vocabulary of anti-Shiism in the Middle East has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Shiites who used ... «Foreign Policy, Aug 13»
8
The Arab Intifada: Split Divides Turkish Sunnism, Iranian Shiism
Generations of Arabs were raised on hatred of Turkey, thanks to the legacy of the heavy yoke of Turkish imperialism. The situation was not much different ... «Al-Monitor, May 13»
9
The Shiite Scare in Egypt
This and other incidents suggest that anti-Shiism is becoming commonplace in Egypt, much of it rooted among ultraconservative Salafis, whose political ... «Al-Monitor, Apr 13»
10
Documentary film- The Reality of Shia and Shiism HD فيلم وثائقي …
... TURBAN - OPIUM OF THE SAFAVIDS -full فيلم العمامة افيون الصفوية كامل مواقع تحاور الشيعة والرافضة وتوضح عقائدهم. Websites That Debate Shia and Shiism «YouTube, Oct 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Shiism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shiism>. May 2024 ».
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