Fundamentalism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fundamentalism \fundamentalism\ n.
     1. A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every
        word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal
        truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American
        Protestants.
        [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to
        some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as,
        Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the
        Christian right.
        [PJC] fundamentalist

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fundamentalism
       n : the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as
           literal truth

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "fundamentalism":
     Sabbatarianism, bibliolatry, bigotry, dogmatism, evangelicalism,
     firmness, hardness, hideboundness, hyperorthodoxy, impliability,
     inexorability, inflexibility, literalism, obduracy, obdurateness,
     obstinacy, orthodoxy, precisianism, purism, puritanicalness,
     puritanism, relentlessness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor,
     rigorousness, sabbatism, scripturalism, staunchness,
     stiff-neckedness, stiffness, straitlacedness,
     strict interpretation, strictness, stubbornness, unbendingness,
     uncompromisingness, unrelentingness, unyieldingness