fundamentalism

CEFRC1

/ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Strict support for the basic teachings of a religion or belief.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets.

Examples

  • There are occasional outbreaks of religious fundamentalism in Algeria.

  • It raises the question of fundamentalism.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument.

  2. The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

  3. A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants, which emphasizes literal interpretation of the Bible, and came up as a reaction to liberal theology and cultural modernism

More examples

In context

  • We must fight religious fundamentalism.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From fundamental + -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians.