Definition of Fundamentalist

1. Noun. A supporter of fundamentalism.

Generic synonyms: Protestant
Derivative terms: Fundamentalism

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism.
Exact synonyms: Fundamentalistic
Category relationships: Divinity, Theology
Partainyms: Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism
Derivative terms: Fundamentalism

Definition of Fundamentalist

1. Noun. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts. ¹

2. Noun. (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician. ¹

3. Noun. (''Christian'') Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. These points were first listed in a book series entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth" published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly. ¹

4. Noun. (pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian (also ''fundie'' or ''fundy'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fundamentalist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fundamentalist

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fundamentalisms
fundamentalist (current term)
fundamentalistic
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Literary usage of Fundamentalist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. When the Lights Go Out, and Never Come Back On: Nuclear Terrorism in America by Bruce Hoffman, United States Dept. of Energy, Rand Corporation (1987)
"... but p< fundamentalist Christian views and is not likely to have finished where he has lived all his life, and he is probably self-employed There have ..."

2. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"fundamentalist thinking also provided a systematic and evocative symbol system for rising Likud politicians, such as Ariel Sharon, to endow their ambitions ..."

3. Culture of Violence, The by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"For that reason, every movement or cause is potentially fundamentalist."11 An important sociological clue to the revitalization of identity and its salience ..."

4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"In 1998 the Eglise Evangelique des Frères (EEF) split into moderate and fundamentalist groups. The moderate branch of the EEF retained the legal ..."

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