Home › Words › M › malikismmalikismmalikism means A Sunnite school of thought, founded by Malik ibn Anas, that privileges the practices of Medinan scholars.EtymologyFrom Malik + -ism.nounA Sunnite school of thought, founded by Malik ibn Anas, that privileges the practices of Medinan scholars.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.maliki 79% match — A follower or proponent of Malikism. vs malikism →malist 62% match — One who subscribes to the theory of malism; someone who thinks the world is inherently evil. vs malikism →malistic 59% match — Of, or pertaining to, malism. vs malikism →muslimism 58% match — The religion of Islam. vs malikism →madhhab 57% match — A school of thought in Islamic jurisprudence. vs malikism →malik 57% match — A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns. vs malikism →hanafism 56% match — A Sunni school of thought that follows Abu Hanifa. vs malikism →salafism 54% match — 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. vs malikism →