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sectarian

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sectarian /sɛkˈterijən/ adjective
sectarian
/sɛkˈterijən/
adjective
Learner's definition of SECTARIAN
: relating to religious or political sects and the differences between them教派的;派系的

— sectarianism

/sɛkˈterijəˌnɪzəm/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 12792 COCA: 10218

sectarian

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adjective

sec·​tar·​i·​an sek-ˈter-ē-ən How to pronounce sectarian (audio)
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
2
: limited in character or scope : parochial
sectarianism noun

sectarian

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noun

1
: an adherent of a sect
2
: a narrow or bigoted person

Example Sentences

Adjective The country was split along sectarian lines. there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate Noun charged that the work of Congress has been stymied by sectarians who are indifferent to reason and intolerant of compromise
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Khan could face several years in prison from the new charges, which accuse him of threatening police officers and the judge under Pakistan's 1997 anti-terrorism law, which granted police wider powers amid sectarian violence in the country. Munir Ahmed, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022 Khan could face several years in prison from the new charges, which accuse him of threatening police officers and the judge under Pakistan's 1997 anti-terrorism law, which granted police wider powers amid sectarian violence in the country. Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Fighting along ethnic and sectarian lines has plagued CAR since 2013. Hannah Ritchie, CNN, 5 May 2022 The fact that the Shi’ite minority has again been targeted may also inflame tensions among ethnic and sectarian groups in the largely Sunni country. NBC News, 15 Oct. 2021 Already simmering sectarian violence was exacerbated by hastily drawn borders that divided villages and abruptly pitted against each other groups that had lived together in communities for centuries. Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2022 Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs – communities that had coexisted for hundreds of years – all participated in the sectarian violence. Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2022 Yet, rather than along sectarian lines, the split is between families seeking justice and people who say it’s time both communities moved on. Kitty Donaldson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022 Various factions come together to form a coalition government, dividing key portfolios along sectarian and confessional lines. Nazih Osseiran, WSJ, 17 May 2022
Noun
Quite the contrary, the image of the cross makes the war memorial sectarian. The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019 Quite the contrary, the image of the cross makes the war memorial sectarian. Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019 Lebanon’s unique sectarian make up and place in the region make its politics about local issues like jobs, infrastructure, and garbage collection as well as about regional rivalries and alliances. Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018 And so, there was the odd spectacle of the Irish Times religion reporter, Patsy McGarry, ringing in the 2016 with an editorial suggesting that Rising leaders Patrick Pearse and James Connolly were poisonous Catholic sectarians. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 1 Nov. 2017 As a result, Sunni sectarians across the region concluded that Obama’s United States was on the side of the Shia. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 21 May 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sectarian was in 1649
BNC: 12792 COCA: 10218

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