fundamentalist
[ fuhn-duh-men-tl-ist ]
/ ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl ɪst /
noun
an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts: radical fundamentalists.
adjective
noting or relating to fundamentalism or fundamentalists: fundamentalist sects.
Origin of fundamentalist
First recorded in 1920–25;
fundamental +
-ist
Words nearby fundamentalist
fundamental law,
fundamental particle,
fundamental sequence,
fundamental star,
fundamentalism,
fundamentalist,
fundamentally,
fundectomy,
funded debt,
fundholding,
fundi