What is another word for holy war?

Pronunciation: [hˈə͡ʊli wˈɔː] (IPA)

In recent years, the term "holy war" has been a source of controversy and misunderstanding. To avoid this term, some have suggested using other phrases such as "religious conflict," "faith-based violence," or "sacred struggle." Similarly, some have suggested using synonyms that more accurately reflect the brutality of these conflicts, such as "sectarian violence," "jihad," or "crusade." However, it is important to note that using these alternate terms also raises issues of their own, such as potential religious or cultural biases. Ultimately, it is up to individuals and organizations to carefully consider the implications of the language they use when discussing these sensitive topics.

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What are the hypernyms for Holy war?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Holy war

  • If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.
    Steve Allen
  • Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed.
    Jurgen Habermas
  • Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make republicans: the people in action to initiate progress. Let the insurrection announce with its awful voice the decrees of God: let it clear and level the ground on which its own immortal structure shall be raised. Let it, like the Nile, flood all the country that it is destined to make fertile.
    Giuseppe Mazzini
  • A Delaware Indian prophet appeared [1762] in Michigan and preached a doctrine that he said had been revealed to him in a vision. He called for the cessation of strife by Indian against Indian, and a holy war against the Whites... finally a practical man, an Algonkian named Pontiac, arose to lead them. He formed a confederation and attacked English forts all along the Great Lakes until he was ambushed and his forces utterly defeated. ...Forty years later the Shawnee Prophet ... twin brother of Chief Tecumseh, repeated the promises of the Delaware Prophet... Tecumseh established the greatest Indian alliance that ever existed north of Mexico. He and his emissaries visited almost every band, tribe, and chiefdom from the headwaters of the Missouri River in the Rocky Mountains to as far south and east as Florida. Indians everywhere were arming themselves for the right moment to attack the Whites when, in 1811, Tecumseh's brother, the Shawnee Prophet, launched a premature attack at Tippecanoe... the Indians were defeated by General William Henry Harrison... Tecumseh rallied his remaining forces and joined the British in the War of 1812. He fought bravely in battle after battle, but in 1813 his 2,500 warriors from the allied tribes were defeated decisively, once again by General Harrison.
    Peter Farb
  • If you switch on television it's just ridiculous and its destructive. It kills us. And talk shows will kill us. They kill our language. So we have to declare holy war against what we see every single day on television. Commercials and — I think there should be war against commercials, war against talk shows, war against "Bonanza" and "Rawhide", or all these things.
    Werner Herzog

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