sectarianism
[sek-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m]
- sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.
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Origin of sectarianism
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for sectarianism
Contemporary Examples
The West says far too little about the cancer of sectarianism.
This from a regime that never shies from accusing other countries of stoking “sectarianism.”
Most Lebanese parties are genuinely trying to avoid an epidemic of sectarianism.
Half-way around the world and almost three generations later, the sectarianism that made my family leave Lebanon still follows me.
This vast sweep of subject-matter has a grand effect of countering any tendency to polemic or sectarianism.
Historical Examples
It is sectarianism, and not religion, which would Dress every man alike.
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young WomenGeorge Sumner Weaver
This is not synonymous with sectarianism, creeds, dogmas or ceremonies.
We need less of the fanatics of sectarianism and more of the unifying mind.
LiberalismL. T. Hobhouse
Let the child believe anything or nothing, so as it is not some form of "sectarianism."
Public School EducationMichael Mller
Perhaps no man was ever more free from sectarianism than George Whitefield.
George WhitefieldJoseph Belcher
Word Origin and History for sectarianism
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper