# Wahhabism

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #69,572

## Definitions
1. A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

## Etymology
Calque of Arabic وَهَّابِيَّة (wahhābiyya). From Wahhab + -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.

## Source
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