fundamentalist

Example Sentences

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Despite his fundamentalist beliefs, Khamenei was a nimble politician.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

A former member of the jihadist group told reporters in 2019 that they were originally funded by a military intelligence unit to propagate a fundamentalist ideology in Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic eastern province.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

In recent years, as memories of Islamic fundamentalist terror have faded and cultural wars have focused more often on anti-Black racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobic language has been less politically dominant, driven underground.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025

Many of the orphans went to live in fundamentalist madrasas.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai