Evangelicalism

Origin

From Greek evangel(ion), ‘gospel’ + adjectival ending + ism.

Full definition of evangelicalism

Noun

1. (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
2. (Islam) Islamic movements which are based on dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
• 2010, Timothy Parsons, The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall'', page 108Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables ...
3. (Christianity) Protestant movement basing its theology almost entirely on Scripture, which is held to be inerrant.
4. Christian fundamentalism.