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单词 non-fundamental
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non-fundamentaln.adj.

Brit. /ˌnɒnfʌndəˈmɛntl/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnˌfəndəˈmɛn(t)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, fundamental n.
Etymology: < non- prefix + fundamental n.
A. n.
Something which is not considered fundamental, esp. in matters of religious doctrine.
ΚΠ
1649 S. Rutherford Free Disputation 11 Errours in Non-Fundamentals obstinately holden are punishable.
1686 A. Woodhead Protestants Plea for Socinian iii. 23 Protestants..may err..in Fundamentals; or, when so accepted, yet may err in Non-fundamentals.
1716 Shortest Way to end Disputes about Relig. Pref. B 3b The celebrated Distinction between Fundamentals and Non-fundamentals.
1858 Christian Remembrancer 35 127 It can scarcely be said any longer that we are at issue about mere externals or non-fundamentals.
1899 F. S. Stevenson Robert Grosseteste 239 He insists..that non-fundamentals should not be mistaken for fundamentals.
1951 E. Barker Ess. on Govt. 66 There must be union on fundamentals..; but there must also be disagreement on non-fundamentals.
1962 W. M. Watt Islamic Philos. & Theol. ii. 14 A distinction between fundamentals in religion and non-fundamentals.
1991 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 29 1760/2 The author consistently assumes..that prices depend to a greater or less extent on nonfundamentals.
B. adj.
That is not fundamental, esp. in matters of religious doctrine.
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1649 S. Rutherford Free Disputation 81 To send away the opinion I have of this non-fundamentall or fundamentall truth as a grosse mistake, and to welcome the just contrary opinion as a truth.
1697 J. Locke 2nd Vindic. in Wks. (1823) VII. 259 A man cannot well distinguish fundamental from non-fundamental doctrines in the epistles, where they are promiscuously mixed with non-fundamental doctrines.
1868 S. Simon Church Redeemer 158 The creeds of the different Evangelical Churches agree as to fundamental, and differ chiefly in non-fundamental doctrines.
1909 Catholic Encycl. V. 90/1 Should we admit the distinction between fundamental and non-fundamental dogmas?
1965 J. R. Dyer Applic. Absorption Spectroscopy Org. Compounds iii. 23 Additional (nonfundamental) absorption bands may occur because of the presence of overtones (or harmonics).
1990 L. H. Tribe Abortion 11 Government is free to abridge a nonfundamental right for almost any reason.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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