Original sentence: Many putative definitions of terrorism include only acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed being carried out in a lone attack), and deliberately target, or disregard the safety of, non-combatants (civilians).Terrorism, in the modern sense, is violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating fear
Edited sentence: "Terrorism", in its modern sense, is an exonymic word used primarily to characterize and to denigrate the actions of one's opponents.In general, where opponents of an armed organisation or movement will describe it and its actions as "terrorist," its supporters will be found to characterise it and its actions in contrasting terms such as "acts of resistance".Many putative definitions of terrorism include only acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to being carried out in a lone attack), and deliberately target, or disregard the safety of, non-combatants (civilians).Typically therefore the attribution or non-attribution of the word "terrorism" is part of a propaganda-struggle between opposing political standpoints