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fundamentalism

/fuhn-duh-men-tl-iz-uhm/US // ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm //UK // (ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm) //

原教旨主义,基要主义,基本教义,基本原理

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
    • : the beliefs held by those in this movement.
    • : strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles: the fundamentalism of the extreme conservatives.

Examples

  • It talks about radicalization as well as fundamentalism—and the dangers of that.

  • The lines of fundamentalism are blurrier today than what they once were.

  • The two-state solution being the driving force behind Islamic fundamentalism, of course.

  • And, where those cannot be achieved, at least a base-level opposition to tyranny, reaction, religious fundamentalism, and so on.

  • Fundamentalism will not win, even if they say, ‘Allahu akbar’ all day long,” her mother told Bennoune.

  • By some such stubborn tendency toward error Fundamentalism in our day is moving back toward spiritual slavery.