英语词汇“fundamentalism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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(fʌndəmentəlɪzəm)

uncountable noun

Fundamentalism is the belief in the original form of a religion or theory, without accepting any later ideas.

Religious fundamentalism was spreading in the region.

fundamentalistWord forms: plural fundamentalists countable noun [oft NOUN noun]

He will try to satisfy both wings of the party, the fundamentalists and the realists.

...fundamentalist Christians.

fundamentalism in British English

(ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm)

noun

1. Christianity

(esp among certain Protestant sects) the belief that every word of the Bible is divinely inspired and therefore true

2. Islam

a movement favouring strict observance of the teachings of the Koran and Islamic law

strict adherence to the fundamental principles of any set of beliefs

Derived forms

fundamentalist (ˌfundaˈmentalist)

noun, adjective

fundamentalistic (ˌfundaˌmentalˈistic)

adjective

fundamentalism in American English

(ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlˌɪzəm)

noun [sometimes F-]

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

Derived forms

fundamentalist (ˌfundaˈmentalist)

noun, adjective

Examples of 'fundamentalism' in a sentence
fundamentalism

That is literalism - scientific fundamentalism - a dreadful mental myopia.

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British English: fundamentalism NOUN

Fundamentalism is the belief in the original form of a religion or theory, without accepting any later ideas.