fundamentalist

See also Fundamentalist

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fundamentalist (plural fundamentalists)

1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
2. (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
3. (Christian) Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. These points were first listed in a book series entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth" published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly.
4. (pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian (also fundie or fundy)

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• fundamentalism

Translations

one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts

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• Czech: fundamentalista (cs) m
• Finnish: fundamentalisti (fi), uskonkiihkoilija (fi)
• French: fondamentaliste (fr) m and f

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• German: Fundamentalist (de) m
• Hungarian: fundamentalista (hu)
• Russian: фундаменталист (ru) (fundamentalíst) m
• Spanish: fundamentalista (es) m and f
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trader who trades on the financial fundamentals

originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement

pejorative: A fundamentalist Christian, also fundie or fundy

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