Meanings
nounfundamentalist (plural fundamentalists)
plural fundamentalists
- One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
- businessA trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
Antonyms: chartist, technician
- ChristianityOriginally 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
Opposite
nounA fundamentalist Christian.
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adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
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adjectiveof or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism
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Origin
From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُصُولِيّ
- أُصُولِيّ (ʔuṣūliyy)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Catalan fonamentalista, integrista
- fonamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- integristaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Chinese Mandarin 原教旨主義者 /原教旨主义者, 基要主义者
- 原教旨主義者 /原教旨主义者 (yuánjiàozhǐzhǔyìzhě)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- 基要主义者 (jīyàozhǐzhǔyìzhě)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Czech fundamentalista
- fundamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Finnish fundamentalisti, uskonkiihkoilija
- fundamentalistione who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- uskonkiihkoilijaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- fundamentalistitrader who trades on the financial fundamentals
- fundamentalistiadherent of a certain American Christian movement
- kiihkouskovainenpejorative: fundamentalist Christian
- uskonkiihkoilijapejorative: fundamentalist Christian
French fondamentaliste, intégriste
- fondamentalisteone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- intégristeone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
German Fundamentalist, Fundamentalistin
- Fundamentalistone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- Fundamentalistinone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Greek φονταμενταλιστής
- φονταμενταλιστής (fontamentalistís)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Hungarian fundamentalista
- fundamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Italian integralista, fondamentalista
- integralistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- fondamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Japanese 原理主義者
- 原理主義者 (genrishugisha)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Māori angawhakapū
- angawhakapūone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Polish fundamentalista, fundamentalistka
- fundamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- fundamentalistkaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Portuguese fundamentalista
- fundamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Romanian fundamentalist
- fundamentalistone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Russian фундаментали́ст, фундаментали́стка
- фундаментали́ст (fundamentalíst)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- фундаментали́стка (fundamentalístka)one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Spanish fundamentalista, integrista
- fundamentalistaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
- integristaone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Swedish fundamentalist
- fundamentalistone who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
Turkish köktenci
- köktencione who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts
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APA
fundamentalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentalist
MLA
“fundamentalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fundamentalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fundamentalist.
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