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fundamentalism

Fundamentalism is defined as strict adherence to some belief or ideology, especially in a religious context, or a form of Christianity where the Bible is taken literally and obeyed in full.

(noun)

When a person follows every possible rule of the Bible, both literal and implied, this is an example of fundamentalism.

See fundamentalism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

religious beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, regarded as fundamental to Christian faith and morals
the 20th-cent. movement among some American Protestants, based on these beliefs
a strict adherence to or interpretation of a doctrine, set of principles, etc., as of a social, legal, political, or religious group or system

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fundamentalist noun, adjective

See fundamentalism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
a. often Fundamentalism An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
b. Adherence to the theology of this movement.

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