Poe's Law is an axiom suggesting that it's difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between parodies of religious or other fundamentalism and its genuine proponents, since they both seem equally insane.
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Fundamentalism
//ˌfʌndəˈmentəlɪzəm//
Synonyms for "fundamentalism" (40 found)
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14 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fondamentalizëm noun (religion)
Arabic
1 entries- أُصُولِيَّة noun (religion)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆունդամենտալիզմ noun (religion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fundamentalizm noun (religion)
Belarusian
2 entries- фундаменталі́зм noun (religion)
- фундамэнталі́зм noun (religion)
Bengali
1 entries- মৌলবাদ noun (religion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фундаментали́зъм noun (religion)
Catalan
2 entries- fonamentalisme noun (religion)
- integrisme noun (religion)
Chechen
1 entries- фундаментализм noun (religion)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 原教旨主義 /原教旨主义 noun (religion)
- 基要派 noun (religion)
Czech
1 entries- fundamentalismus noun (religion)
Danish
1 entries- fundamentalisme noun (religion)
Dutch
1 entries- fundamentalisme noun (religion)
Estonian
1 entries- fundamentalism noun (religion)
Finnish
2 entries- fundamentalismi noun (religion)
- fundamentalismi noun (finance)
French
2 entries- fondamentalisme noun (religion)
- intégrisme noun (religion)
Georgian
1 entries- ფუნდამენტალიზმი noun (religion)
German
1 entries- Fundamentalismus noun (religion)
Greek
1 entries- φονταμενταλισμός noun (religion)
Hebrew
1 entries- פוּנְדָּמֶנְטָלִיזְם noun (religion)
Hindi
1 entries- कट्टरतावाद noun (religion)
Hungarian
1 entries- fundamentalizmus noun (religion)
Icelandic
1 entries- bókstafstrú noun (religion)
Indonesian
1 entries- fundamentalisme noun (religion)
Italian
2 entries- fondamentalismo noun (religion)
- integralismo noun (religion)
Japanese
2 entries- 原理主義 noun (religion)
- 根本主義 noun (religion)
Kazakh
1 entries- фундаментализм noun (religion)
Korean
2 entries- 근본주의 noun (religion)
- 원리주의 noun (religion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фундаментализм noun (religion)
Latin
1 entries- fundamentalismus noun (religion)
Latvian
1 entries- fundamentālisms noun (religion)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fundamentalizmas noun (religion)
Macedonian
1 entries- фундаментали́зам noun (religion)
Malay
1 entries- fundamentalisme noun (religion)
Māori
1 entries- angawhakapūtanga noun (religion)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- binyatîtî noun (religion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fundamentalisme noun (religion)
Pashto
1 entries- بنسټپالنه noun (religion)
Persian
1 entries- بنیادگرایی noun (religion)
Polish
1 entries- fundamentalizm noun (religion)
Portuguese
2 entries- fundamentalismo noun (religion)
- fundamentalismo noun (finance)
Romanian
1 entries- fundamentalism noun (religion)
Russian
1 entries- фундаментали́зм noun (religion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fundamentalìzam noun (religion)
- фундаменталѝзам noun (religion)
Slovak
1 entries- fundamentalizmus noun (religion)
Slovene
1 entries- fundamentalizem noun (religion)
Spanish
1 entries- fundamentalismo noun (religion)
Swedish
1 entries- fundamentalism noun (religion)
Tajik
1 entries- бунёдгароӣ noun (religion)
Thai
1 entries- มูลฐานนิยม noun (religion)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ኣኽራርነት noun (religion)
Turkish
3 entries- fundamentalizm noun (religion)
- köktencilik noun (religion)
- köktendincilik noun (religion)
Turkmen
1 entries- fundamentalizm noun (religion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фундаменталі́зм noun (religion)
Urdu
1 entries- بنیاد پرستی noun (religion)
Uzbek
1 entries- fundamentalizm noun (religion)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa cơ yếu noun (religion)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿונדאַמענטאַליזם noun (religion)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It raises the question of fundamentalism.
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We must reject any forms of fundamentalism, or racism, or a belief in ethnic superiority that makes our traditional identities irreconcilable with modernity. Instead we need to embrace the tolerance that results from respect of all human beings.
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We must fight religious fundamentalism.
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