Fundamentalism Definition

fŭndə-mĕntl-ĭzəm
noun
Religious beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible.
Webster's New World
The 20th-cent. movement among some American Protestants, based on these beliefs.
Webster's New World
An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
American Heritage
Any strict adherence to or interpretation of a doctrine, set of principles, etc.
Webster's New World
Adherence to the theology of this movement.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
fundamentalism
Plural:
fundamentalisms

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Fundamentalism Sentence Examples

  • Extreme religious fundamentalism is very far removed from Humanism.

  • In fact, the gravest threat facing the West is that posed by Islamic fundamentalism.

  • Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalism also differs in important ways from other types of religious fundamentalism.

  • Jewish fundamentalism and the settlers movement needs Hamas and Islamic Jihad and vise versa.

  • While other regimes have sought to suppress or promote fundamentalism, Hussein has decided to co-opt it.

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