fundamentalism

noun
/ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/

Etymology

From fundamental + -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians.

  1. derived from *bʰudʰmḗn
  2. derived from fundamentum
  3. borrowed from fundamentālis
  4. suffixed as fundamentalism — “fundamental + ism

Definitions

  1. The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict…

    The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

  2. A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets.

  3. The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a…

    The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British…

      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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