The conflict that started in Syria and Iraq in 2011 has inspired an unprecedented surge of foreign fighters to join jihadist terrorist groups and engage in terrorist activities on a global scale. The primary focus of this research was to explore the term “terrorism” in the context of the Western worldview. This research was guided by the following primary research question: How is the term “terrorism” made meaning of when viewed from a Western worldview? This primary research question centered on how and why meaning of the term is made when viewed through the Western worldview. Sub-questions to inform the primary research question include: 1. How is the discourse of terrorism being produced through Western hegemony? 2. What are the ways in which the state becomes implicated in this discursive production of terrorism? 3. How can Western and critical sociocultural view of terrorism be reconciled through adult education. What does this mean for adult education? This study examined recent scholarly research in the fields of terrorism studies, adult education as well as scholarly research on history and politics of the Middle East. I drew from critical discourse analysis as my research methodology to reveal the different discourses on the term “terrorism” from a Western viewpoint. Insights from the analyzed discourses for government policy documents and news media may provide relevant stakeholders—parents, communities, law enforcement agencies, rehabilitation centers, or social workers—with a deeper understanding of the discourse and meaning-making of terrorism.