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Record 1 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Either a religious fundamentalist, or a member of a radical branch of the green movement, a "deep" green.

OBS

fundie: a nickname which belongs to the political debates of the early eighties, when the Moral Majority and other fundamentalist Christian groups in the US and the Greens in Germany became political forces to be rereckoned with.

Key term(s)
  • extremist
  • radical
  • deep green

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Partisan d'une doctrine poussée jusqu'à ses limites, ses conséquences extrêmes.

DEF

intégriste, fondamentaliste : personne qui manifeste une intransigeance, un conservatisme excessifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 2 1989-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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