fundamentally

Examples

• All

• And this leads to getting things fundamentally wrong.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• These two computers here are fundamentally very, very different.

• But this is an ability to fundamentally change the world.

  Adam Conover

• So that I think makes it fundamentally social.

• OK, I think that this is fundamentally an attack on truth.

• But that is fundamentally such a huge problem.

• Is the world fundamentally a better place... ...because of science and technology?

  Contact (1997)

• Something looks fundamentally wrong with our political institutions.

  Miss Representation (2011)

• Instead, it would require Middle Eastern regimes to fundamentally alter their economic, political, and social policies.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Irish Rebellion of 1916 would fundamentally change the course of Irish history.

Synonyms

B

basically

vsfundamentally

• Informal

∞ 1.0

To say the main or most important point

treats core aspects directly without stressing simplification for clarity

E

essentially

vsfundamentally

745 3.4

Mostly in the main or basic sense

is about central aspects themselves rather than the act of emphasizing

I

inherently

vsfundamentally

119 4.7

Happens naturally as a basic part of something

refers to central aspects rather than to qualities that are naturally present

I

in essence

vsfundamentally

97 5.3

Used to say the main point while ignoring small details

is about the core nature not only a brief summary of it

I

intrinsically

vsfundamentally

22 6.4

Part of the basic nature of something

is about main or central aspects not solely about inner nature

S

substantively

vsfundamentally

• Formal

9 6.7

Affects the main point in an important way

concerns central aspects rather than only matters of importance or effect

A

at bottom

vsfundamentally

• Formal

3 6.6

Basically what is most true about someone or something

describes central aspects rather than focusing on truth versus appearances

E

elementally

vsfundamentally

1 5.5

In a basic and essential way

focuses on central aspects rather than describing raw natural core

F

foundationally

vsfundamentally

1 5.9

In a way that affects the basic ideas or structure

applies to central aspects rather than only to structural principles

Antonyms

S

superficially

14 5.3

In a way that only looks at the surface and not deeply

How Fundamental

radically

97 5.0

fundamentally

181 3.9

basically

• Informal

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology