fundamentalism
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fundamentalism
- /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/
Where it comes from
From fundamental + -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians.
noun fundamentalisms
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The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
Similar: bibliolatry
- A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets. Recent books by philosopher Roger Scruton (1999, 2000) and music educator Robert Walker (2007) may be interpreted as a last desperate gasp of this form of musical fundamentalism or neoconservativism—the kind that tells the masses what is "good for them" on the grounds that they lack adequate bases f
- The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument.
- A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants, which emphasizes literal interpretation of the Bible, and came up as a reaction to liberal theology and cultural modernism
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noun religion
| Español | fundamentalismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 근본주의 geunbonjuui, 원리주의 wollijuui |
| 日本語 | 原理主義 genrishugi, 根本主義 konponshugi |
| 中文 | 原教旨主義 /原教旨主义 yuánjiàozhǐzhǔyì, 基要派 jīyàopài |
| हिन्दी | कट्टरतावाद kaṭṭartāvād |
| Português | fundamentalismo |
| Français | fondamentalisme, intégrisme |
| Deutsch | Fundamentalismus |
| Italiano | fondamentalismo, integralismo |
| Ελληνικά | φονταμενταλισμός fontamentalismós |
| Română | fundamentalism |
| Русский | фундаментали́зм fundamentalízm |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa cơ yếu |
| العربية | أُصُولِيَّة ʔuṣūliyya |
| עברית | פוּנְדָּמֶנְטָלִיזְם fundamentalízm |
noun finance
| Português | fundamentalismo |
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Talk about this word "fundamentalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fundamentalism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fundamentalism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fundamentalism "fundamentalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fundamentalism.Cite this
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title = {fundamentalism},
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