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fundamentalist

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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fun·da·men·tal·ist /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/ noun [countable]  1 EXTREMEsomeone who follows religious laws very strictly 原教旨主义者5Hindu fundamentalists印度原教旨主义者n religious fundamentalists2. RRCa Christian who believes that everything in the Bible is completely and actually true 〔基督教的〕基要主义者fundamentalism noun [uncountable]fundamentalist adjective a fundamentalist doctrine 原教旨主义信条;基要主义信条
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fundamentalistThey belong to a fundamentalist church.But fundamentalists are not usually hypocrites.Like the Catholic fundamentalists during the Inquisition, all fundamentalists want a social dictatorship where they are the dictators.The protest was led by a small group of Christian fundamentalists.an organized Christian fundamentalist movementThe president's announcement is bound to anger religious fundamentalists.When it comes to gay sex, fundamentalists and Catholics are more than willing to co-operate with each other.It was the first time that fundamentalists had killed a secularist commentator unconnected with the government.In recent years he had made a point of appeasing the fundamentalists at the same time as co-opting left-wing opposition.
From Longman Business Dictionaryfundamentalistfun‧da‧men‧tal‧ist /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/ noun [countable] FINANCE someone who looks at basic information about the economy, an industry, or a company, rather than other informationIf the pound reaches $1.65, some think it could shoot up into the $1.80s, but few fundamentalist analysts are as positive.
fun·da·men·tal·ist nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
strictly someone Business follows religious Corpus who laws very


fundamentalist
fundamentalist /ˌfʌndəˈmentələst, ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪst/ noun [countable]
1. someone who follows religious laws very strictly:
    Muslim fundamentalists
2. a Christian who believes that everything in the Bible is completely and actually true
—fundamentalism noun [uncountable]
—fundamentalist adjective:
    a fundamentalist doctrine