sectarian

Speech parts

1. sectarian - Noun

2. sectarian - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.

One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sectary pharisee shariah partizan anti-Semite religious limited unchristian partial radical provincial rigid ecclesiastical ideological biased
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Antonyms

nonsectarian carper liberal ecumenical challenger cynic
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Hypernyms

bigot

Related terms

sectarianism sectarianize

Phrases with the word

christian sectarian

Anagrams

ascertain cartesian arsacetin intracase

Examples

most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect Source: Internet

a sectarian mind Source: Internet

the negations of sectarian ideology Source: Internet

sectarian squabbles in psychology Source: Internet

sectarian differences Source: Internet

A man who obstructed police officers and sang sectarian songs has been ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Sect People sectant sectarial sectarianise sectarianism sectarianist