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单词 fundamentalist
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Definition of fundamentalist in English:

fundamentalist

noun ˌfʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)lɪstˌfəndəˈmɛn(t)ələst
  • 1A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.

    religious fundamentalists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my experience, coming across as a fanatical fundamentalist doesn't work with rational people.
    • The vast majority of them would feel no kinship with radical fundamentalists.
    • In the early 1980s, militant fundamentalists took control over the country
    • We can either emphasise this intolerance, as extremists and fundamentalists do, or we can make a concerted effort to make the compassionate voice of religion audible in our troubled world.
    • These state agencies are heavily infiltrated by fundamentalists.
    • Many fundamentalists look for signs of the times that might indicate the actual commencement of the Apocalypse.
    • I went to see some of these young fundamentalists who were active in colleges near me.
    • The church leadership has seldom shown solidarity with radical fundamentalists in its own ranks.
    • Some music shops and girls' schools have been threatened by fundamentalists, local residents said.
    • Historic sites are being deliberately razed by religious fundamentalists
    1. 1.1 A person who adheres strictly to the basic principles of any subject or discipline.
      a free-market fundamentalist
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His reputation as a free-market fundamentalist is largely based on a single phrase.
      • Conservation fundamentalists will always find some reason to preserve existing buildings.
      • Perhaps I don't qualify because I refuse to take part in the GM fundamentalists' misleading rows.
      • Although influenced by the fundamentalists in developing an architectural language, he has become an opponent of modern works.
      • The decisive culture war of the 21st century is likely to be between the Darwinian fundamentalists and those who believe in God.
      • Though he may still be a fundamentalist of art, he is no longer preoccupied by eschatology.
      • Of course, market fundamentalists insist there is no problem here.
adjective ˌfʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)lɪstˌfəndəˈmɛn(t)ələst
  • 1Relating to or advocating the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

    a fundamentalist Protestant preacher
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It also generated its fair share of controversy, mostly from fundamentalist and evangelical Christians who thought their belief system was being openly mocked by the film.
    • On the Sunday before an election, the windshields of churchgoers at fundamentalist churches will be papered with fliers alleging something unsavory about a candidate.
    • Jokes about religion can be risky, but the show does well with an episode about a charming Christian fundamentalist leader.
    • This was the year fundamentalist religion and partisan politics returned to movie theatres.
    • The country's leader is under a lot of pressure from fundamentalist groups.
    • It was carried out by fundamentalist forces.
    • I grew up within the fundamentalist framework, but, even as a young child, I was a bit different.
    • Our modern secular culture has bumped against a homegrown explosion of fundamentalist belief.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or advocating strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline.
      the fundamentalist ideologies of market and state
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was an Italian preacher and theologian whose fundamentalist ideas had a huge impact on the politics and art of Florence during the 1490s.
      • Much of his work might appear to have a fundamentalist veneer, as evidenced in his willingness to take words literally and in the quasi-theological strain of his poetics.
      • A Mondrian would be a good example of fundamentalist art that was immediately apprehended as metaphorical.
      • The film feels neither like a reinvention of cinema nor a truly fundamentalist attempt to get back to basics.
      • If you were totally fundamentalist about the ethics, you would investigate the background to the client's wealth.
      • We were advised by one of the foremost - if fundamentalist - thinkers in archeology, for whom restoration is a dirty word.
      • Only a fundamentalist Freudian would maintain that simple love or charity is impossible in this world.

Rhymes

documentalist, environmentalist, experimentalist, instrumentalist, mentalist, orientalist, ornamentalist, sentimentalist, transcendentalist
 
 

Definition of fundamentalist in US English:

fundamentalist

nounˌfəndəˈmen(t)ələstˌfəndəˈmɛn(t)ələst
  • 1A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion.

    religious fundamentalists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The church leadership has seldom shown solidarity with radical fundamentalists in its own ranks.
    • Many fundamentalists look for signs of the times that might indicate the actual commencement of the Apocalypse.
    • The vast majority of them would feel no kinship with radical fundamentalists.
    • In the early 1980s, militant fundamentalists took control over the country
    • I went to see some of these young fundamentalists who were active in colleges near me.
    • Historic sites are being deliberately razed by religious fundamentalists
    • These state agencies are heavily infiltrated by fundamentalists.
    • We can either emphasise this intolerance, as extremists and fundamentalists do, or we can make a concerted effort to make the compassionate voice of religion audible in our troubled world.
    • Some music shops and girls' schools have been threatened by fundamentalists, local residents said.
    • In my experience, coming across as a fanatical fundamentalist doesn't work with rational people.
    1. 1.1 A person who adheres strictly to the basic principles of any subject or discipline.
      a free-market fundamentalist
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Of course, market fundamentalists insist there is no problem here.
      • His reputation as a free-market fundamentalist is largely based on a single phrase.
      • The decisive culture war of the 21st century is likely to be between the Darwinian fundamentalists and those who believe in God.
      • Perhaps I don't qualify because I refuse to take part in the GM fundamentalists' misleading rows.
      • Conservation fundamentalists will always find some reason to preserve existing buildings.
      • Though he may still be a fundamentalist of art, he is no longer preoccupied by eschatology.
      • Although influenced by the fundamentalists in developing an architectural language, he has become an opponent of modern works.
adjectiveˌfəndəˈmen(t)ələstˌfəndəˈmɛn(t)ələst
  • 1Relating to or advocating the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

    a fundamentalist Protestant preacher
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our modern secular culture has bumped against a homegrown explosion of fundamentalist belief.
    • This was the year fundamentalist religion and partisan politics returned to movie theatres.
    • It also generated its fair share of controversy, mostly from fundamentalist and evangelical Christians who thought their belief system was being openly mocked by the film.
    • On the Sunday before an election, the windshields of churchgoers at fundamentalist churches will be papered with fliers alleging something unsavory about a candidate.
    • I grew up within the fundamentalist framework, but, even as a young child, I was a bit different.
    • The country's leader is under a lot of pressure from fundamentalist groups.
    • It was carried out by fundamentalist forces.
    • Jokes about religion can be risky, but the show does well with an episode about a charming Christian fundamentalist leader.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or advocating strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline.
      the fundamentalist ideologies of market and state
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Much of his work might appear to have a fundamentalist veneer, as evidenced in his willingness to take words literally and in the quasi-theological strain of his poetics.
      • The film feels neither like a reinvention of cinema nor a truly fundamentalist attempt to get back to basics.
      • We were advised by one of the foremost - if fundamentalist - thinkers in archeology, for whom restoration is a dirty word.
      • Only a fundamentalist Freudian would maintain that simple love or charity is impossible in this world.
      • If you were totally fundamentalist about the ethics, you would investigate the background to the client's wealth.
      • A Mondrian would be a good example of fundamentalist art that was immediately apprehended as metaphorical.
      • He was an Italian preacher and theologian whose fundamentalist ideas had a huge impact on the politics and art of Florence during the 1490s.
 
 
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