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fun·da·men·tal·ism

(fŭn′də-mĕn′tl-ĭz′əm)

1. 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 1800s and early 1900s in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.

b. Adherence to the theology of this movement.

fun′da·men′tal·ist adj. & n.

fun′da·men′tal·ist′ic adj.

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Noun	1.	fundamentalist - a supporter of fundamentalism Protestant - an adherent of Protestantism
Adj.	1.	fundamentalist - of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism fundamentalistic theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

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fondamentaliste intégriste

fondamentalista

fundamentalist

[ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst]

A. ADJ → fundamentalista, integrista

B. N → fundamentalista mf, integrista mf

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fundamentalist

[ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst] adj (religious) → intégriste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fundamentalist

adj → fundamentalistisch

n → Fundamentalist(in) m(f)

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fundamentalist

[ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlɪst] adj & n → fondamentalista (m/f)

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