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fundamental

[fuhn-duh-men-tl] / ˌfʌn dəˈmɛn tl /
ADJECTIVE
basic, important
Synonyms
STRONGEST
central constitutional crucial elemental elementary essential indispensable integral intrinsic major necessary paramount principal radical significant structural theoretical underlying vital
STRONG
bottom cardinal first key organic original primary prime primitive requisite supporting
WEAK
axiological axiomatic basal bottom-line constitutive foundational grassroots meat-and-potatoes primordial rudimentary substratal substrative sustaining underived
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accessory auxiliary extrinsic inessential insignificant learned least lesser minor needless nonessential secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary
WEAK
additional advanced extra subordinate
NOUN
basic, essential part
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bottom line component cornerstone element factor foundation law principle
STRONG
ABCs axiom basis constituent guts heart nitty-gritty rudiment rule theorem
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brass tacks coal-and-ice principium rock bottom sine qua non
Antonyms
STRONG
cowardice fear
WEAK
addition auxiliary extra subordinate trivia

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Prof Bart De Strooper, from the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, said the review "does not clarify the evidence, it blurs it" and added that "the flaw in this review is fundamental".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The willingness to make the big cuts reflect a fundamental shift in how U.S. companies view their professional talent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, co-director of the Centre for International Law at the University of Bristol, reiterated that the "fundamental rule of law" is that civilian objects must not be targeted.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Another popular smart-beta approach is fundamental weighting, which weights stocks by economic scale, breaking the link between price and portfolio weight.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Galileo’s first venture into astronomy was to insist that parallax measurements proved that the nova of 1604 was in the heavens, and this was still an argument of fundamental importance to him in 1632.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

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