fundamentalism /ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/ noun4 •The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts. •A rigid conformity to any set of basic tenets. •A Christian movement that started in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among British and American Protestants, which emphasizes literal interpretation of the Bible, and came up as a reaction to liberal theology and cultural modernism •The belief that fundamental financial quantities are the best predictor of the price of a financial instrument. formsfundamentalisms