I really don't think there is a definition of terrorism that is sufficiently satisfying and also faithful to its etymology. The definition that most people hav

I really don't think there is a definition of terrorism that is sufficiently satisfying and also faithful to its etymology. The definition that most people have in mind is probably what just mentioned earlier: how similar is it to the examples of irregulars "setting bombs in public infrastructure", "suicide trucks", and "suicide bombers". But as the dictionary definition betrays, the ambiguity due to etymology exists, and is frequently exploited as a rhetorical technique by people using the word.