what do the words fundamental and fascist mean? 10 points up for grabs?

Question

erm.... if you could explain it in your own words that would be great...thanks

Answer 1

Fundamentalism is the belief in the original form of a religion or theory,without accepting any later idea
If you refer someone as a fascist,you are expressing disapproval of the fact that they have extreme views on something, and do not tolerate others' views.

Answer 2

The word Fascist is taken from Benito Mussolini's political movement in the early 1900's. The movement's symbol was a bundle of rods that surrounded an ax. It was known as a faces. His form of government was a centralized dictatorship that suppressed his opposition through terrorism and censorship combined with racism and extreme nationalism. All subsequent governments that ruled in a similar way have since been called fascist governments, so one that would rule in this manner would thus be classified a fascist.

Fundamental is really another word for basic or primary. With regards to government it's following the basic beliefs or principles of the system.

Answer 3

Fundamental
As an adjective means: forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.
As a noun means: a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based
However, I'm taking a guess that you might want to know about the political term "fundamentalist" b/c you also asked about "facist", sooo...
Fundamentalist: can mean different things depending on who you talk to, but it is most often used to describe narrowly defined set of beliefs that developed into a movement within the US Protestant community in the early part of the 20th century. (for more see the link below)

A fascism (and a fascist being someone that identifies with this group) is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and social interests subordinate to the interests of the state or party. Fascists seek to forge a type of national unity, usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic, cultural, racial, and religious attributes. (On a side note, many people often refer to Hitler as a communist, when he was actually a fascist.)

Both terms tend to cary a negative connotation in American culture. Both are seen as too extreme.

I hope this helps!

Answer 4

A fundamentalist is someone who believes in the fundamentals of something. The term is most commonly applied to religions. Take Christianity. There are those who read the Bible as the literal truth, and those who read it more as an allegory, and people who read it somewhere in-between. The more on the "literal truth" end of the scale you are on, the more "fundamentalist" you are. There are "fundamentalist" Islamics too; I suppose other religions as well.

Fascism is an extreme conservative political view. It involves you thinking that you are right in spite of any and all evidence to the contrary. It involves the suppression of any opposing views, even with extreme measures (i.e. killing anyone who says any different). Fascism is totalitarian. Nazi Germany was Facist, however, Mosoulini's Italy is probably more stereotypically "Facist".

Answer 5

fun·da·men·tal /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuhn-duh-men-tl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
2. of, pertaining to, or affecting the foundation or basis: a fundamental revision.
3. being an original or primary source: a fundamental idea.
4. Music. (of a chord) having its root as its lowest note.
–noun 5. a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part: to master the fundamentals of a trade.
6. Also called fundamental note, fundamental tone. Music. a. the root of a chord.
b. the generator of a series of harmonics.

7. Physics. the component of lowest frequency in a composite wave.

fas·cist /ˈfæʃɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-ist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
2. (often initial capital letter) a member of a fascist movement or party.
3. a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
–adjective 4. Also, fa·scis·tic /fəˈʃɪstɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fuh-shis-tik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. of or like fascism or fascists.

Answer 6

I think fascist derives from the name of the ceremonial axe that Imperial Rome used as the symbol of ruling authority. It then became associated with Mussolini's ultra Nationalist, strong arm politics.

Answer 7

Fundamental (n) ~ Basic
Fascist ~ Political authoritatian

Answer 8

fundamental pretty much means basic or "founding" so. for example "to be a good basketball players you need to improve your fundamental skills"

fascist- a person who pretty much has extreme political viewpoints.....