fundamentalist

Etymology

From fundamental +‎ -ist, after a book series called "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth", published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly.

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.
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.
4. (pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian (also fundie or fundy)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʉndamɛntalist/ (example of pronunciation)

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)

References

• “fundamentalist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.