fundamentalist

Meaning

Noun

• One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
• A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
• Originally 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.
• A fundamentalist Christian.

Origin

• From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910)
• {{cite-book
• |date=1910-1915
• |title=The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth
• |publisher=Testimony Pub. Co.
• |location=Chicago
• |url=https://archive.org/details/fundamentalstest17chic
• .