fundamentalist

See also: Fundamentalist

English

Etymology

From fundamental +‎ -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

   Antonyms: chartist, technician

3. (Christianity) 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.
4. (derogatory) A fundamentalist Christian.

   Synonym: fundie

Usage notes

The Associated Press' AP Stylebook recommends that the term fundamentalist not be used for any group that does not apply the term to itself.

Derived terms

• antifundamentalist
• fandomentalist
• fundagelical
• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• fundamentalistic
• nonfundamentalist
• techno-fundamentalist
• ultrafundamentalist

Related terms

• fundamentalism

Translations

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

• Arabic: أُصُولِيّ m (ʔuṣūliyy)
• Armenian: ֆունդամենտալիստ (fundamentalist), հիմնապաշտ (himnapašt)
• Catalan: fonamentalista m or f, integrista m or f
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原教旨主義者 / 原教旨主义者 (yuánjiàozhǐzhǔyìzhě), 基要主义者 (jīyàozhǐzhǔyìzhě)

• Czech: fundamentalista m
• Finnish: fundamentalisti (fi), uskonkiihkoilija
• French: fondamentaliste (fr) m or f, intégriste (fr) m or f
• Galician: fundamentalista m or f
• Georgian: ფუნდამენტალისტი (pundamenṭalisṭi)
• German: Fundamentalist (de) m, Fundamentalistin (de) f
• Greek: φονταμενταλιστής (el) m (fontamentalistís)
• Hungarian: fundamentalista (hu)
• Italian: integralista (it) m or f, fondamentalista m or f
• Japanese: 原理主義者 (げんりしゅぎしゃ, genrishugisha)
• Kazakh: фундаменталшы (fuwndamentalšı)
• Māori: angawhakapū
• Polish: fundamentalista (pl) m, fundamentalistka f
• Portuguese: fundamentalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: fundamentalist m
• Russian: фундаментали́ст (ru) m (fundamentalíst), фундаментали́стка (ru) f (fundamentalístka)
• Spanish: fundamentalista (es) m or f, integrista (es) m or f
• Swedish: fundamentalist (sv) c
• Telugu: బత్తాయి (te) (battāyi)
• Tigrinya: ኣኽራሪ (ʾaxrari)
• Turkish: köktenci (tr)

trader who trades on the financial fundamentals

• Finnish: fundamentalisti (fi)

adherent of a certain American Christian movement

• Finnish: fundamentalisti (fi)

pejorative: fundamentalist Christian

• Finnish: kiihkouskovainen, uskonkiihkoilija

Further reading

• Fundamentalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The Fundamentals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʉndamɛntalist/

Noun

fundamentalist m (definite singular fundamentalisten, indefinite plural fundamentalistar, definite plural fundamentalistane)

1. fundamentalist (one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts)

Related terms

• fundamentalisme
• fundamentalistisk

References

• “fundamentalist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fondamentaliste. By surface analysis, fundamental +‎ -ist.

Adjective

fundamentalist m or n (feminine singular fundamentalistă, masculine plural fundamentaliști, feminine/neuter plural fundamentaliste)

1. fundamentalist

Declension

Declension of fundamentalist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fundamentalist		fundamentalistă	fundamentaliști	fundamentaliste
	definite	fundamentalistul		fundamentalista	fundamentaliștii	fundamentalistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fundamentalist		fundamentaliste	fundamentaliști	fundamentaliste
	definite	fundamentalistului		fundamentalistei	fundamentaliștilor	fundamentalistelor

Noun

fundamentalist m (plural fundamentaliști, feminine equivalent fundamentalistă)

1. fundamentalist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fundamentalist	fundamentalistul	fundamentaliști	fundamentaliștii
genitive-dative	fundamentalist	fundamentalistului	fundamentaliști	fundamentaliștilor
vocative	fundamentalistule		fundamentaliștilor

Related terms

• fundamentalism

Further reading

• “fundamentalist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Noun

fundamentalist c

1. a fundamentalist

Declension

Declension of fundamentalist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fundamentalist	fundamentalists
	definite	fundamentalisten	fundamentalistens
plural	indefinite	fundamentalister	fundamentalisters
	definite	fundamentalisterna	fundamentalisternas

Related terms

• fundamentalism

References

• “fundamentalist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)