English Explanatory Dictionary

fundamentalist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
  2. A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
  3. Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles.
  4. A fundamentalist Christian.

Pronunciation

en-us-fundamentalist.ogg

Word forms

fundamentalist fundamentalists

Etymology

From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).

Synonyms

fundie

Antonyms

chartist technician

Related words

fundamentalism

Derived words

antifundamentalist fundagelical Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints fundamentalistic nonfundamentalist techno-fundamentalist ultrafundamentalist
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