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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fundamentalism has 1 sense
- fundamentalism(n = noun.cognition) Array - the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth; Array is a kind of protestantism
Derived forms noun fundamentalist1, adjective fundamentalistic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fundamentalism, n.
- A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American Protestants. [WordNet 1.5]
- The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as, Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the Christian right. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fundamentalism, n.
1 strict maintenance of traditional Protestant beliefs such as the inerrancy of Scripture and literal acceptance of the creeds as fundamentals of Christianity.
2 strict maintenance of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion, esp. Islam.
1 strict maintenance of traditional Protestant beliefs such as the inerrancy of Scripture and literal acceptance of the creeds as fundamentals of Christianity.
2 strict maintenance of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion, esp. Islam.
Derivative
fundamentalist n.
THESAURUS
fundamentalism
Sabbatarianism, bibliolatry, bigotry, dogmatism, evangelicalism, firmness, hardness, hideboundness, hyperorthodoxy, impliability, inexorability, inflexibility, literalism, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, orthodoxy, precisianism, purism, puritanicalness, puritanism, relentlessness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, sabbatism, scripturalism, staunchness, stiff-neckedness, stiffness, straitlacedness, strict interpretation, strictness, stubbornness, unbendingness, uncompromisingness, unrelentingness, unyieldingness
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