Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
fundamentalism \fundamentalism\ n.
1. A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every
word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal
truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American
Protestants.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to
some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as,
Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the
Christian right.
[PJC] fundamentalist
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fundamentalism
n 1: the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as
literal truth