# fundamentalist

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #23,546

## Definitions
1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
2. A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
3. Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles.
4. A fundamentalist Christian.

## Etymology
From fundamental + -ist, after a book series called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth“ (1910).

## Easily confused with
- **fundamentals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fundamentalist-vs-fundamentals)
- **fundamentalism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fundamentalism-vs-fundamentalist)

## Common misspellings (22)
`ffundamentalist`, `fnudamentalist`, `fudnamentalist`, `funadmentalist`, `fundaemntalist`, `fundamenatlist`, `fundamenntalist`, `fundamentailst`, `fundamentalisst`, `fundamentalistt`, `fundamentalits`, `fundamentallist`, `fundamentalsit`, `fundamentlaist`, `fundamenttalist`, `fundametnalist`, `fundammentalist`, `fundamnetalist`, `funddamentalist`, `fundmaentalist`, `funndamentalist`, `ufndamentalist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fundamentalist