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**Terrorism** refers to the intentional use of violence by a non-state
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actor to intimidate civilians for political or religious reasons and
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generally takes the forms of plane hijackings, bombings, arson, mass
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shootings and hostage taking by an armed groups.
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Generally, we at libsoc wiki do not define state actions as terrorism
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because of the fundamentally different character of [state
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violence](State_Violence "wikilink"). This is for the purpose of
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analysis and should not be confused with endorsement of state violence.
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We also do not think [militancy](militancy "wikilink") by non-state
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actors counts as terrorism, which needs to be based specifically around
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the spreading of fear through a civilian population.
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Terrorism has a notably high failure rate and is probably the least
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productive form of [political activism](Political_Activism "wikilink").
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## History
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*See Also: [Left-Wing Terrorism](Left-Wing_Terrorism "wikilink"),
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Right-Wing Terrorism, Islamic Terrorism* |