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Definition of fundamentalist adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fundamentalist

adjective
 
/ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/
 
/ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/
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  1. believing that everything that is written in the scriptures (= holy books) of a religion is completely true
    • a fundamentalist preacher/sect
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFundamentalist is used with these nouns:
    • Christian
    • Christianity
    • church
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  2. following very strictly the basic principles of any subject or ideology
    • the fundamentalist ideologies of market and state

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