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fundamentalist
Variant of fundamentalism
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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
Related Forms:
- fundamentalist noun, adjective
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