fundament
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈfʌndəˌmɛnt/
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fundamento
- The look is not a neutral space; on the contrary, it becomes the way in which a universe is born, a universe whose patina, imbued with the prestige of the past, affords the substance of the writing the reality of a simple but profound truth: it is the fundament of perspective in relation to identities, the condition and the instrument of self-construction.
Like people think that they're separate and in some ways they are, but in the fundament, they are just two sides of the same coin.
- Like people think that they're separate and in some ways they are, but in the fundament, they are just two sides of the same coin.
- Because the fundament of Kim's question is, how do you get that traction right?
- From which fundament are they coming on behalf of which basis?
Examples
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Because the fundament of Kim's question is, how do you get that traction right?
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The fundament of Christian faith is that God offers, through Christ, redemption from the oppressive reality of evil.
Academic text (2009) -
Without a religious fundament, you have great problems, great problems.
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Like people think that they're separate and in some ways they are, but in the fundament, they are just two sides of the same coin.
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Like people think that they're separate and in some ways they are, but in the fundament they are just two sides of the same coin.
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This was a man who had sounded Marx's critique of the "money form" to its abysmal fundament.
Fiction book (1994) -
And would not the contemporary beholder see in this division and spatial differentiation the recognition of the role of paterfamilias as the fundament of marital concord?
Academic text (1991) -
This was exactly what Ghiberti meant when he declared that disegno "unites the causes of both the sculptor and the painter" and that "disegno is the fundament and theory of these two arts."
Academic text (2011) -
The things and beings of the universe, their nature, are unveiled because they do not always offer themselves to the look: the opaqueness they counterpoise triggers the aspiration to knowledge (see Landy), so as to find its fundament: not its representation, but its disposition within a sensible space and time.
Academic text (2007) -
The fundament of her argument is based on sound evidence and logical reasoning.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
The main support, reason, or way that something happens
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3.8
A basic idea or law that explains how something works
378
2.8
The main part or ingredient from which something is made
182
3.5
The basic ideas and facts that support a belief, plan, or system
97
3.5
A basic idea that people build other things on
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5.3
A very important idea or part that something depends on
37
4.2
An important idea or thing that other things depend on
23
3.0
A basic part that forms the base of something larger
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2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
18
4.2
The basic principles that support a system, idea, or group
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5.0
A basic support or principle that something depends on
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5.8
Basic ideas and facts that form the foundation of a subject
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9.9
The first basic thing or cause from which everything develops
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3.3
A simple idea or belief that people accept without proof and that supports an argument
Basic ideas and rules of a subject
A basic idea or starting point that explains other things
A basic idea that starts a plan or project
A basic idea or belief that other things depend on
Antonyms
How Basic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fundament comes from the Latin fundamentum, from fundus meaning 'bottom' or 'base'. So a fundament is like a foundation under an idea — the basic principle that supports everything.