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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /sɛkˈtɛriən/ · UK /sekˈteəriən/
sectarian means: Connected with a particular religious group, especially disagreements between religious groups.
adjective
Connected with a particular religious group, especially disagreements between religious groups.
- Sectarian violence divided the city.
- The school tries to avoid sectarian divisions.
- Leaders met to discuss growing sectarian tensions.
Strongly supporting one group's ideas and refusing to consider other views.
- The debate became increasingly sectarian.
- His sectarian loyalty prevented any compromise.
- They rejected the party's sectarian approach to economic policy.
Unfairly hostile to people whose beliefs or group are different from your own.
- He made a sectarian remark.
- Sectarian prejudice kept some families out of the club.
- They spoke against sectarian hatred in their community.
Interested only in a small group's concerns and unwilling to consider wider ideas.
- Their outlook was deeply sectarian.
- She challenged the committee's sectarian view of culture.
- Such sectarian thinking leaves little room for new ideas.
noun
A person who belongs to a particular religious group, especially a smaller one.
- He was a committed sectarian.
- The sectarians gathered for their weekly prayers.
- Each sectarian followed the rules of their own religious community.
A person who unfairly dislikes people with different beliefs and refuses to accept them.
- The speaker was a bitter sectarian.
- Sectarians refused to work with anyone outside their group.
- She challenged a sectarian who mocked other people's beliefs.
Questions about sectarian
What does sectarian mean?
Connected with a particular religious group, especially disagreements between religious groups.
What is sectarian in other languages?
Türkçe: mezhepsel · Español: sectario · Français: confessionnel · Deutsch: konfessionell · Italiano: settario · 日本語: 宗派の
How do you pronounce sectarian?
In American English /sɛkˈtɛriən/; in British English /sekˈteəriən/.
How do you use sectarian in a sentence?
Sectarian violence divided the city. The school tries to avoid sectarian divisions.
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