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sectarian
/ sɛkˈtɛərɪən /
adjective
- of, belonging or relating to, or characteristic of sects or sectaries
- adhering to a particular sect, faction, or doctrine
- narrow-minded, esp as a result of rigid adherence to a particular sect
noun
- a member of a sect or faction, esp one who is bigoted in his adherence to its doctrines or in his intolerance towards other sects, etc
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Derived Forms
- secˈtarianˌism, noun
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Other Words From
- sec·tari·an·ly adverb
- unsec·tari·an adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sectarian1
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Example Sentences
An investigation by the campaign group Global Witness last year showed that they were able to get inflammatory adverts approved on Facebook to target individuals in Northern Ireland across the sectarian divide at a time of heightened tensions.
The bellwether state has long reflected broader sectarian tensions, and the upcoming polls coincide with the midway point of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term in office.
Inspired by his “success,” chief ministers in other BJP-ruled states have been trying to emulate his unabashed authoritarian-sectarian model of governance.
Nothing is more dangerous and or more likely to stoke sectarian violence.
Bloodlands, a four-part BBC crime drama that broke ratings records in Northern Ireland and has since been renewed for a second season, awakens the ghosts of that sectarian violence.
This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.
After the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.
Sectarian strife now empowers the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen and Al Qaedaism flourishes in the chaos.
If the U.S. does nothing, the Arab world will continue its slide into sectarian bigotry, political repression, and madness.
The war back then was clearly becoming more sectarian and Islamic—the trajectory was obvious.
They called themselves by no sectarian name, nor could they have told to what “party” they belonged.
She describes him as a dangerous sectarian, a veritable sorcerer, and the evil genius of one of her own relatives.
This sectarian policy has borne bitter fruit in Ireland, in the alienation of a great mass of the Irish people.
Let him sit with me here any night on my housetop and he will see the sad effects of sectarian reform and newspaper hysteria.
Bunyan had a perfect wealth of sectarian scurrility at his command.
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