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Talibanize, v. Brit. |ˈtalɪbanʌɪz|, |ˈtalɪbnˌʌɪz|, U.S. |ˈtæləbəˌnaɪz|, |ˈtæləbəˌnaɪz| Forms: 19– Talebanise, 19– Talebanize, 19– Talibanise, 19– Talibanize; Also with lower-case initial. [‹ the name of the Taliban (also Taleban) (see Talibanization n.) + -ize suffix. Compare slightly earlier Talibanization n., Talibanized adj.] trans. To treat in a manner associated with the Taliban; to make similar to the Taliban or its regime; spec. to impose a government or ideology based on a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam upon (a group, country, etc.).
1997Arizona Republic 9 Nov. EV2/1 Four decades after the birth of the women's movement, America is still Talibanizing working mothers. 1999News-India Times (Electronic ed.) 31 Dec. 4 With Pakistan getting Talibanized.., any attempt to make India a Hindu state would only invite more problems in South Asia. 2001Time 1 Oct. 37/2 Many are drawn not simply to bin Laden..but also to the idea of Talibanizing the Muslim world. 2003Weekly Standard 5 May 14/3 Anti-Wahhabi Muslims have warned for the past year that the Saudis would attempt to worm their way into the U.S.-directed rebuilding, with the intention of ‘Talibanizing’ Iraq's Sunni Muslims. 2005Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 14/2 Critics say the law, passed by a majority of hard-line Islamists in the province's local assembly last month, will ‘Talibanise’ the region. |