fundamentalist group
3
6.5
- noun
- /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlɪst ɡruːp/
:
grupo fundamentalista
- The result is that the country is utterly chaotic and lawless, and an Islamic fundamentalist group called the Shabab, which has close links to al-Qaeda, is gaining strength.
- Islamic fundamentalist group
- Christian fundamentalist group
- various fundamentalist groups
Examples
-
Some members of the fundamentalist groups are professors, theologians, writers, and students.
Academic text (2003) -
Such a description appealed to various conservative and fundamentalist groups in the 1920s that rejected urban manners and morals and opposed urban ethnic diversity in the name of pure and old-fashioned American values.
Academic text (1991) -
In fact, the strength of opposition is often measured by the power and resources of fundamentalist groups.
Academic text (1997) -
Various fundamentalist groups, mainly from the end of the 19th century to the present, have emerged in Christianity.
Academic text (2003) -
Another backdrop is the rise of the influence of fundamentalist groups and various forms of religious dogmatism.
Academic text (2005) -
The Soviets' perception of the fundamentalist groups at the time was similar to the perception that the West had.
Academic text (2003) -
The challenge is not only the obvious physical threat these fundamentalist groups represent but also the fact that the radical currents within Islam question virtually every single tenet of European society today and Western society in general.
Academic text (2007) -
The Afghan mujahidin, the soldiers who fought the holy war against the Soviet invaders, had plans that resembled the aims of other fundamentalist groups.
Academic text (2003) -
Only recently have districts begun to resist the demands of fundamentalist groups to censor textbooks and library books (and some have not yet begun to do so).
Academic text (1990) -
In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak's relatively secular government has been locked in a protracted conflict with fundamentalist groups.
Synonyms
5
4.7
A small group inside a religion with different beliefs or practices
Antonyms
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'fundamentalist' denotes rigid adherence to basic beliefs and 'group' denotes a collection of people, so together they predictably mean an organization that strictly follows basic principles. The religious or ideological connotation is a typical, cross-linguistic extension and does not prevent a B1 learner who knows both words from understanding the phrase.
Etymology
Fundamentalist group The phrase fundamentalist group comes from early 1900s religious writers who called their basic beliefs 'the Fundamentals' and printed short booklets to defend them. Because these people refused new ideas, a fundamentalist is someone who sticks to the basics and a group of them means people who 'refuse change', so the phrase now means a group that follows strict basic beliefs.