fundamental
adjective
noun
Origin of fundamental
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major, paramount, integral, crucial, indispensable, constitutional, elemental, theoretical, underlying, necessary, vital, significant, radical, elementary, central, principal, intrinsic, essential, structural, foundationExamples from the Web for fundamental
Contemporary Examples of fundamental
This is a testament to the fundamental human—and American—desire to combine place and possibility.
In the meantime, we continue to support the restoration of fundamental human rights in Cuba.
Moreover, for America there is a fundamental imperative to act.
This fundamental conservative idea, that men are brutes so women better take care, is, itself, victim-blaming.
Yet the Meduza office was full of hope and what the journalists described as a fundamental change—they felt free in Riga.
Historical Examples of fundamental
For once, he was revealing that fundamental egotism which is the characteristic of all his kind.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
But it can do something, and that something is vital and fundamental.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
A submission to the will of the majority is a fundamental principle of our institutions.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin