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▪ I. fundi|ˈfʌndɪ|
[Native African name.]
A West African grass, Digitaria exilis, cultivated for its seed, which resembles millet; hungry rice.
1858,1877[see hungry a. 4]. 1915Nature XCVI. 350/2 Fundi, Digitaria exilis, has been known for some time as a cultivated cereal... It is cooked by being thrown into boiling water or used like porridge. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City iii. 45 April... Farms are prepared for fundi, ginger and groundnuts.
▪ II. fundi, n.2 and a. Polit.
Brit. |ˈfʌndi|, U.S. |ˈfəndi|
Plural fundis, fundies
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ German Fundi (1984 or earlier) > n. Derivatives) + -i, hypocoristic suffix (compare -y suffix6). Compare slightly earlier fundie n.]
A. n. Originally and esp. in Germany: a member of the radical wing of the Green Party; (later, also) a radical or extreme environmentalist. Contrasted with realo.
1984Christian Sci. Monitor 12 Dec. 15/1 The fight between the ‘Fundis’ (those in ‘fundamental opposition’) and the ‘Realos’ (the adherents of ‘realpolitik’) proceeds apace. 1990A. Toffler Powershift v. Coda 381 Today, a British ecological ‘fundi’ or fundamentalist, writes..that ‘the goals of ‘fundi’ Greens..[are to] return to a Europe which existed in the distant past’. 1998Independent (Nexis) 13 Oct. 13 ‘A UN mandate is needed for such a mission’, commented Ludger Volmer, the leading ‘Fundi’ in parliament.
B. adj. (attrib.). Originally and esp. in Germany: of, designating, or relating to the radical wing of the Green Party. Contrasted with realo.
1985Economist 8 June 57/3 The Greens' strong ‘Fundi’ (fundamentalist) wing sees any such collaboration [with the Social Democrats] as a betrayal of the party's ideology. 1996J. S. Dryzek Democracy in Capitalist Times iii. 51 But many ‘realo’ Greens..remain aware of the continuing need for a continued ‘fundi’ commitment as the soul of Green politics. 2001Independent (Nexis) 24 Mar. 8 This weekend, dreadlocked, sandal-wearing ‘fundi’ Greens will debate with sharp-suited ‘realos’ about sustainable tourism, [etc.]. |