Definition of "fundamentalism" []

• A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism. (noun)
• An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture. (noun)
• Adherence to the theology of this movement. (noun)

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• "President Meles raised it as another threat to the security of the region; what he described as fundamentalism seeking to destabilize the region."
• "Each "fundamentalism" is a law unto itself and has its own dynamic."
• "Others in turn, such as Christian theologian Alister McGrath, have used the term fundamentalism to characterize atheism as dogmatic. ""