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The 47 pages that link to Terrorism, each with the reason it gives.

• Guerrilla warfareCompared with: Guerrilla warfare is a mode of combat, while terrorism is commonly defined by targets or political methods.

• War crimeCompared with: Terrorism and war crimes can overlap, but their legal definitions and required contexts differ.

• Islamic StateRelated: The group used attacks on civilians to intimidate opponents and publicize its cause.

• Political violenceBroader topic: It is a strategy that uses fear beyond the immediate victims to pursue political ends.

• InsurgencyCompared with: Insurgents may use terrorism, but insurgency describes a broader organized campaign against authority.

• TimurCompared with: Timur’s exemplary massacres terrorized populations, though modern terrorism is not a direct historical category for his rule.

• War on TerrorNarrower topic: The campaign’s changing scope depends on contested definitions of terrorism and which groups qualify.

• Hate crimeCompared with: Some attacks overlap, but terrorism is defined by broader aims rather than protected-group hostility alone.

• Civil warCompared with: Terrorism is a tactic that may occur during civil war, not a conflict type defined by rival armies.

• Hong Kong national security lawRelated: The law defines terrorism as an offense, including certain serious disruptions of public infrastructure.

• Propaganda of the deedCompared with: The terms overlap historically, but terrorism emphasizes coercion and fear rather than action as exemplary communication.

• WarCompared with: Political violence against civilians is not by itself the sustained conflict between communities that defines war.

• Mass murderCompared with: Mass murder may serve a coercive political purpose, but the terms describe different features.

• TreasonCompared with: Terrorism is defined by methods and purpose, not necessarily betrayal of a state.

• Hostage-takingRelated: Some groups take hostages to pursue political demands through public fear and pressure.

• Improvised explosive deviceRelated: Improvised explosive devices have been used in attacks intended to create political fear.

• RadicalizationCompared with: Radicalization may precede terrorism, but most radicalized people do not commit terrorist acts.

• JihadismRelated: Whether a jihadist act counts as terrorism depends partly on its targets, methods, and definitions used.

• Asymmetric warfareRelated: Some weaker actors use attacks on civilians to generate political effects disproportionate to their military power.

• DynamiteCompared with: Dynamite became associated with political violence as well as industrial blasting.

• Partisan warfareCompared with: Partisan warfare targets military power, while terrorism is distinguished by violence directed at civilians for political effect.

• State terrorismNarrower topic: The broader category includes nonstate actors and makes state involvement a central point of distinction.

• BlowbackRelated: Some blowback debates concern violent attacks attributed to grievances over foreign policy.

• Christchurch mosque shootingsNarrower topic: The shootings are classified as terrorism because the violence targeted civilians for ideological ends.

• Political extremismCompared with: Terrorism is a tactic; extremist beliefs can exist without terrorist acts.

• School shootingCompared with: Some attacks may be politically motivated, but school shootings are not automatically terrorism.

• SecuritizationRelated: Counterterrorism politics often invokes existential danger to justify extraordinary state powers.

• ParamilitaryCompared with: Terrorism describes tactics or political violence, not a group’s military-like structure.

• Urban guerrilla warfareCompared with: Urban guerrilla warfare and terrorism can overlap, but the terms describe different features of political violence.

• Anders Behring BreivikNarrower topic: Breivik’s attacks were intended to terrorize and reshape Norwegian politics.

• Columbine High School massacreCompared with: Columbine is often compared with terrorism, though its perpetrators’ motives do not fit a simple political campaign.

• DerogationRelated: Governments have invoked terrorist threats to justify prolonged emergency derogations.

• Transnational crimeCompared with: Terrorism can cross borders but is generally distinguished by its aims and legal treatment.

• Active shooterCompared with: An active-shooter event may or may not be terrorism; the terms classify different features.

• ExtremismBroader topic: It is one violent tactic associated with some extremist movements, not a synonym for extremism.

• Islamic fundamentalismCompared with: Equating fundamentalism with terrorism obscures the distinction between religious conservatism and political violence.

• Leila KhaledRelated: Khaled's hijackings are commonly discussed within disputes over the definition and politics of terrorism.

• Religious violenceRelated: Some religiously framed violence is called terrorism, but the categories are not identical.

• Workplace violenceCompared with: A workplace attack may be terrorism, but most workplace violence is not politically motivated.

• Irregular warfareCompared with: Terrorism is a tactic that may appear in irregular warfare, not a synonym for it.

• Eric Harris and Dylan KleboldCompared with: The massacre is sometimes compared with terrorism, but its perpetrators’ motives do not fit a simple political-campaign model.

• Fusako ShigenobuNarrower topic: The Japanese Red Army’s attacks made Shigenobu a central figure in debates over revolutionary violence.

• Anti-Western sentimentRelated: Some extremist groups justify violence through anti-Western narratives, though such narratives do not entail terrorism.

• Carlos the JackalNarrower topic: Carlos’s convictions place his actions within the broader history and legal debate over terrorism.

• École Polytechnique massacreRelated: Whether the attack qualifies as terrorism turns on how its ideological motive is defined.

• Hanau shootingsNarrower topic: The attack used murder to advance an ideological aim and spread fear.

• History of terrorismNarrower topic: The broader concept anchors historical comparisons while its definition remains disputed.