sectarianize

American

[sek-tair-ee-uh-nahyz] / sɛkˈtɛər i əˌnaɪz /

especially British, sectarianise

verb (used with object)

sectarianized, sectarianizing

to make sectarian.

sectarianize British

/ sɛkˈtɛərɪəˌnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to render sectarian

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Other Word Forms

unsectarianize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of sectarianize

First recorded in 1835–45; sectarian + -ize

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