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/ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm/ · noun
(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts..
Recent books by philosopher Roger Scruton (1999, 2000) and music educator Robert Walker (2007) may be interpreted as a last desperate gasp of this form of musical fundamentalism or neoconservativism—the kind that tells the masses what is "good for them" on the grounds that they lack adequate bases for judgments on their own […]
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Fundamentalism means (religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts..
Common synonyms include bibliolatry.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Recent books by philosopher Roger Scruton (1999, 2000) and music educator Robert Walker (2007) may be interpreted as a last desperate gasp of this form of musical fundamentalism or neoconservativism—the kind that tells the masses what is "good for them" on the grounds that they lack adequate bases for judgments on their own […]
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