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根本主義 (こんぽんしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

根こん本ぽん主しゅ義ぎ

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ん

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しゅ

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Meanings

1

noun

Refers to a strict, literal adherence to basic principles, especially in religion or ideology.

彼かれは宗しゅう教きょう的てきな根こん本ぽん主しゅ義ぎを批ひ判はんした。
He criticized religious fundamentalism.
根こん本ぽん主しゅ義ぎの台たい頭

とう

が

社しゃ

会かい

問もん

題だい

に

なっ

て

いる

。

The rise of fundamentalism has become a social issue.

Kanji

根root, radical, head (pimple)
本book, present, main
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Similar words

原げん理り主しゅ義ぎ
Often used interchangeably with 根本主義, but 原理主義 is more common in modern Japanese for religious fundamentalism, while 根本主義 can also imply a broader ideological fundamentalism.

Etymology

Compound of 根本 (root, foundation) and 主義 (principle, doctrine). The term is a direct translation of the English 'fundamentalism'.