sectarianism

noun
/sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/UK

Etymology

From sectarian + -ism.

Definitions

  1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.

    • They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
    • Our conversation is in French, since he downplays his ability to speak English “out of sectarianism”.
  2. A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a…

    A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects.

    • In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for sectarianism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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