sectarianism
noun/sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/UK
Etymology
From sectarian + -ism.
Definitions
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”.
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.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sectarianism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA