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FUNDAMENTALISTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
Synonyms:
fundamentalist; fundamentalistic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Pertainym:
fundamentalism (a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth)
Derivation:
fundamentalism (a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism
Synonyms:
fundamentalist; fundamentalistic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
fundamentalism (the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.)
Derivation:
fundamentalism (the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.)
