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fundamentalism

fun·da·men·tal·ism

fundamentalism

 
pronunciation:
fuhn d men t lih zm
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: (sometimes cap.) a movement within Protestant Christianity that accepts the literal truth of the Bible and encourages strict adherence to narrow moral and cultural norms.
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derivations: fundamentalist (adj.), fundamentalist (n.)