نصيري

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  an Alawite, a member of a syncretic Shia sect concentrated in Latakia and Tartus governorates in Syria
 * 2)  a Nusayri, an Alawite

Usage notes
In 1920s the term became more common for self-identification among Alawites. Now the word "Nusayri" is used only by the critics of the sect, especially by groups like the Islamic State or Jabhat an-Nusra during the Syrian Civil war.