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ethnosectarian

UK/ɛθnə(ʊ)sɛkˈtɛəɹɪən/

ethnosectarian adjective: being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.

Adjective

ethnosectarian (comparative more ethnosectarian, superlative most ethnosectarian)

  1. Being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.
    • Since it is clear that no amount of modernization is likely to eliminate (through total assimilation) minority solidarity groups, the possibility for ethnosectarian conflict remains a constant danger should the conflict-precipitating circumstances arise.1977, Michael C. Hudson, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 79
    • The political and economic history (especially post-Islamic) of Southwest, Central, and South Asia is marked by episodic ethnosectarian persecutions and massive forced and voluntary movements of the various population groupings.1987, M. Jamil Hanifi, "Rejoinder to Ahmed," American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Jun., 1987), pg. 453

Examples of ethnosectarian in a sentence

  • "The most important thing that should happen is we should stop looking at Iraq through this ethnosectarian lens."2004 April 19, Dan Murphy, “Iraq violence gives UN new clout”, in Christian Science Monitor:
  • Given that military intervention has deepened rather than weakened ethnosectarian divisions, the intriguing question becomes whether that was the game plan all along.2006 December, Ray Taras, “The (Il)logic of intervention in Iraq: sectarianism, civil war, and the U.S. game plan”, in International...

Forms of ethnosectarian

comparativemore ethnosectarian
superlativemost ethnosectarian

Origin of ethnosectarian

From ethno- + sectarian.

Words formed from ethnosectarian

Questions about ethnosectarian

What does ethnosectarian mean?
Ethnosectarian means being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.
How do you use ethnosectarian in a sentence?
"The most important thing that should happen is we should stop looking at Iraq through this ethnosectarian lens."
What part of speech is ethnosectarian?
Ethnosectarian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ethnosectarian?
Ethnosectarian is pronounced /ɛθnə(ʊ)sɛkˈtɛəɹɪən/ (UK).

Words near ethnosectarian in the dictionary

  1. ethnosciences
  2. ethnoscientific
  3. ethnoscientifically
  4. ethnoscientist
  5. ethnoscientists
  6. ethnosectarian
  7. ethnosectarianism
  8. ethnosemantic
  9. ethnosemantically
  10. ethnosemanticist
  11. ethnosemanticists

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