Ismailitism

English

Etymology

From Ismailite +‎ -ism.

Proper noun

Ismailitism

1. (rare) Synonym of Ismailism
   • 2006, Mikhail Epstein, “Russian Philosophy of National Spirit from the 1970s to the 1990s”, in Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Jürgen Hengelbrock, editors, Re-Ethnicizing the Minds?: Cultural Revival in Contemporary Thought (Studies in Intercultural Philosophy; 17), Amsterdam, New York, N.Y.: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 199:

     Both Christianity and Islam are positive systems for [Lev] Gumilev, though he interprets Protestantism and Ismailitism as expressions of life denial.

Related terms

• Ismailism

 

References

• “Ismailitism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.