Fundamentalism

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  • 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.
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  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Adherence to the theology of this movement.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism.
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  • noun. The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
  • noun. The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of an instrument.
  • noun. The beliefs held by those in this movement.
  • noun. Strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.
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  • noun. the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth
  • Word Usage
    "President Meles raised it as another threat to the security of the region; what he described as fundamentalism seeking to destabilize the region."
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