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fundamentalism definition

☆ fun·da·men·tal·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. religious beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, regarded as fundamental to Christian faith and morals
  2. the 20th-cent. movement among some American Protestants, based on these beliefs
  3. a strict adherence to or interpretation of a doctrine, set of principles, etc., as of a social, legal, political, or religious group or system

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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