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WAHHABI

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Irregular inflected form: wahhabis   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam

Example:

Osama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim

Synonyms:

Wahabi; Wahhabi

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Wahhabi" is a kind of...):

Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)

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