Associations to the word «Fundamentalism»

Wiktionary

FUNDAMENTALISM, noun. (religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.
FUNDAMENTALISM, noun. (finance) The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of an instrument.
FUNDAMENTALISM, noun. The beliefs held by those in this movement.
FUNDAMENTALISM, noun. Strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles.

Dictionary definition

FUNDAMENTALISM, noun. The interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.