# Lone-Actor Terrorism **Entity class:** Terrorism operational pattern **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Lone-actor terrorism** describes violence planned or executed by an individual without direct operational command from a larger organization. “Lone” does not mean socially, ideologically, or digitally isolated; actors may draw narratives, methods, encouragement, or targets from wider networks. ## Relationships - **related to:** [[wiki/Leaderless Resistance|Leaderless Resistance]], [[wiki/Stochastic Terrorism|Stochastic Terrorism]], and copycat dynamics. - **analyzed through:** [[wiki/Pattern-of-Life Analysis|Pattern-of-Life Analysis]] and [[wiki/Radicalization as Social Contagion|Radicalization as Social Contagion]]. - **domain:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism|Counterterrorism]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]