different between evangelical vs fundamentalist

English

Etymology

evangelic +? -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (euangélion, “good news”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?væn?d??l?k?l/

Adjective

evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)

1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
5. Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
6. Zealously enthusiastic.

Usage notes

While evangelical may have all the above meanings, it is often used now for meaning 4.

Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.

Synonyms

• evangelic

Antonyms

• antievangelical
• nonevangelical

Translations

Noun

evangelical (plural evangelicals)

1. A member of an evangelical church
2. An advocate of evangelicalism

Derived terms

• evangelicalism
• evangelically
• evangelicalness

Related terms

• evangel
• evangelise
• evangeliser
• evangelism
• evangelist
• evangelistic
• evangelistical
• evangelistically
• evangelize
• evangelizer

References

• Evangelical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

fundamentalist (plural fundamentalists)

1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

   Synonym: (Islam) takfiri

2. (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.

   Antonyms: chartist, technician

3. (Christianity) 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. (derogatory) A fundamentalist Christian.

   Synonym: fundie

Usage notes

The Associated Press' AP Stylebook recommends that the term fundamentalist not be used for any group that does not apply the term to itself.

Related terms

• fundamentalism

Translations

Further reading

• Fundamentalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The Fundamentals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?ndam?ntalist/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

fundamentalist m (definite singular fundamentalisten, indefinite plural fundamentalistar, definite plural fundamentalistane)

1. fundamentalist (one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts)

Related terms

• fundamentalisme
• fundamentalistisk

References

• “fundamentalist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.