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根本主義

Reading

Kana: こんぽんしゅぎ
Romaji: konponshugi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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fundamentalism

Kanji

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

Example Sentence

政治的(せいじてき)レベルにおいて、その反応(はんのう)はマカベー一族(いちぞく)民族(みんぞく)主義的(しゅぎてき)根本(ねもと)主義的(しゅぎてき)反乱(はんらん)であった。
➥On the political level the response was the nationalist and fundamentalist revolt of the Maccabees.
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