Terrorist vs Superterrorist - What's the difference?
terrorist | superterrorist |
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
An agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the in France.
Of or relating to terrorism.
A powerful, influential terrorist.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 6, author=William Glaberson, title=Arraigned, 9/11 Defendants Talk of Martyrdom, work=New York Times
, passage=But it was also the first public appearance by Mr. Mohammed, who has long cast himself in the role of superterrorist , claiming responsibility in the past not only for the 2001 plot, but for some 30 others, including the murder of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. }}
As nouns the difference between terrorist and superterrorist
is that terrorist is a person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals while superterrorist is a powerful, influential terrorist.As an adjective terrorist
is of or relating to terrorism.terrorist
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(wikipedia terrorist)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* lone wolferAdjective
(-)Usage notes
The use of the label "terrorist" is often controversial or subjective, since one person's terrorist may be another's "freedom fighter", and vice versa depending on somebody's personal ideology of beliefs. A cynical definition may be that a terrorist is someone who murders or terrorizes more of those for whom the terrorist is fighting, than his supposed enemies.superterrorist
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