'fundamentalism' definitions:
Definition of 'fundamentalism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth
Definition of 'fundamentalism'
From: GCIDE
- fundamentalism \fundamentalism\ n.
- 1. 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. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as, Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the Christian right. [PJC] fundamentalist
Synonyms of 'fundamentalism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bibliolatry,
- bigotry,
- dogmatism,
- evangelicalism,
- firmness,
- hardness,
- hideboundness,
- hyperorthodoxy,
- impliability,
- inexorability,
- inflexibility,
- literalism,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- obstinacy,
- orthodoxy,
- precisianism,
- purism,
- puritanicalness,
- puritanism,
- relentlessness,
- rigidity,
- rigidness,
- rigor,
- rigorousness,
- Sabbatarianism,
- sabbatism,
- scripturalism,
- staunchness,
- stiff-neckedness,
- stiffness,
- straitlacedness,
- strict interpretation,
- strictness,
- stubbornness,
- unbendingness,
- uncompromisingness,
- unrelentingness,
- unyieldingness
Words containing 'fundamentalism'
- Fundament,
- Fundamental,
- Fundamentally,
- fundamentals,
- Fundamental bass,
- Fundamental chord,
- Fundamental colors,
- fundamental analysis,
- fundamental frequency,
- fundamental interaction,
- fundamental law,
- fundamental measure,
- fundamental particle,
- fundamental principle,
- fundamental quantity,
- fundamental research,
- fundamentals analysis