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Dictionaries aren't politically sophisticated. Terrorism is just about the tactics of terror. No doubt a lot of dictionaries neglect to mention that the vast majority of this, including the terror from which the name comes from, the Great Terror, are done by gov'ts.
The problem is the term "terrorist" automatically makes the person evil or the enemy by most most modern standards.
By making the definition to broad you are adding in people who do not deserve the moniker.