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fundamentalist

noun

Etymology

From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).

  1. derived from *bʰudʰmḗn✻
  2. derived from fundamentum
  3. borrowed from fundamentālis
  4. suffixed as fundamentalist — “fundamental + ist”

Definitions

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

  2. A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed…

    A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.

  3. Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a…

    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.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A fundamentalist Christian.

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Derived

antifundamentalist, fundagelical, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, fundamentalistic, nonfundamentalist, techno-fundamentalist, ultrafundamentalist

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