fundamentalism

== English == === Etymology === From fundamental +‎ -ism. First used in the 1910s by American Christians. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/ === Noun === fundamentalism (countable and uncountable, plural fundamentalisms) (religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts. Synonym: bibliolatry (by extension) A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets. (finance) The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument. (theology) 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fundamentalist ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (religion): orthodoxy (finance): technical analysis, value investing === References === “fundamentalism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. fundamentalism in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fundamentalism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fondamentalisme. By surface analysis, fundamental +‎ -ism. === Noun === fundamentalism n (uncountable) (religion, philosophy) fundamentalism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fundamentalism”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === fundamentalism c fundamentalism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== fundamentalist === References === fundamentalism in Svensk ordbok (SO) fundamentalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)