FUNDAMENTALISM
PRONUNCIATION: funda-mentl-izm
NOUN:
1) A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
2a) often Fundamentalism An organized, militant Evangelical movement originating in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
2b) Adherence to the theology of this movement.
3) The unreasonable and often irrational fear that someone somwhere is having a pleasurable experience.
4) The often overpowering desire experienced by narrow-minded fear-mongers to exert undue amounts of social control over those who think differently.
5) The unreasonably profound intolerance of viewpoints that differ from one's own narrow world-view.
6) The inability and/or unwillingness to consider viewpoints other than your own fearful, nihilistic view of the world as a nasty, evil place filled with nasty, evil people.
7) The desire to recreate the world as a place where everyone is White, God-fearing, reads nothing but the Bible, and listens only to scratchy Glen Miller LP's.
OTHER FORMS: funda·mental·ist —ADJECTIVE & NOUN; funda·mental·istic —ADJECTIVE
(Sources: Bartleby.com and Rob Humenik. The subtle additions are mine, all mine...BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!)
