islamic

islamic — adjective

1. describing anything connected with the faith of Muslims around the world, such a

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing anything connected with the faith of Muslims around the world, such as its teachings, history, law, art, culture, or the countries where most people are Muslim.

例句

Professor Karim teaches a course on Islamic art and architecture at the university.

collocation: Islamic art / Islamic architecture

The Alhambra palace in southern Spain is a famous example of early Islamic architecture.

collocation: Islamic architecture

同義詞
  • Muslim

    Muslim can describe people or communities who follow the religion, while Islamic usually describes the religion's teachings, institutions, art, or culture. They overlap in some contexts (Muslim world ≈ Islamic world) but Muslim is person-focused.

文法句型

Islamic + noun

用法筆記

Islamic is an attributive adjective — it almost always comes before a noun (Islamic art, Islamic law, Islamic culture). Unlike Muslim, which typically describes people who follow the faith, Islamic refers to the religion itself or things produced by it.

常見錯誤

❌He follows Islamic.
✅He follows Islam.
💡Islamic is an adjective (describing a noun), not a noun referring to the religion itself. Use Islam as the noun.
❌Islamic fighters attacked the village.
✅Islamist fighters attacked the village.
💡Islamic relates to the religion itself; Islamist refers to political movements that use religion as an ideology for power.