# Salafism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #88,806

## Definitions
1. A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.

## Etymology
From Salafi + -ism or salaf + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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