"Fundamental issues" refers to the basic or most important problems or topics that form the foundation or core of a situation or subject. Full definition
To its credit, it continues to touch on fundamental issues of personal freedom and governmental responsibility. (dallasfilmnow.com)
However, there is a more fundamental issue with this formation and this is the fact that there is a lack of options. (justarsenal.com)
Her paintings raise fundamental issues in new ways, among them the depiction of three - dimensional reality on a two - dimensional surface, and the relationship between abstraction and representation. (juxtapoz.com)