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fun⋅da⋅men⋅tal⋅ism

  [fuhn-duh-men-tl-iz-uhm]
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–noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the early part of the 20th century in reaction to modernism and that stresses the infallibility of the Bible not only in matters of faith and morals but also as a literal historical record, holding as essential to Christian faith belief in such doctrines as the creation of the world, the virgin birth, physical resurrection, atonement by the sacrificial death of Christ, and the Second Coming.
2. the beliefs held by those in this movement.
3. strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles: the fundamentalism of the extreme conservatives.
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; fundamental + -ism

Related forms:
fun⋅da⋅men⋅tal⋅ist, noun, adjective
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fun·da·men·tal·ism   (fŭn'də-měn'tl-ĭz'əm)   
n.  
  1. A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
    1. often Fundamentalism An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
    2. Adherence to the theology of this movement.
fun'da·men'tal·ist adj. & n., fun'da·men'tal·ist'ic adj.
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fundamentalist

An investor who selects securities to buy and sell on the basis of fundamental analysis. Compare technician.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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