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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fundamentalism
    n 1: the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as
         literal truth

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fundamentalism \fundamentalism\ n.
   1. A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every
      word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal
      truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American
      Protestants.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to
      some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as,
      Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the
      Christian right.
      [PJC] fundamentalist

Thesaurus Results for fundamentalism:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Sabbatarianism, bibliolatry, bigotry, dogmatism, evangelicalism, firmness, hardness, hideboundness, hyperorthodoxy, impliability, inexorability, inflexibility, literalism, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, orthodoxy, precisianism, purism, puritanicalness, puritanism, relentlessness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, sabbatism, scripturalism, staunchness, stiff-neckedness, stiffness, straitlacedness, strict interpretation, strictness, stubbornness, unbendingness, uncompromisingness, unrelentingness, unyieldingness

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