sectarianism
UK/sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/
sectarianism noun: rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
Noun
sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)
- 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”.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
- 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.
sectarianism meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
sectarianism in Tamil
- வகுப்புவாதம், பிரிவினைப் போக்கு, செயல்
sectarianism in Urdu
- فرقہ بندی
sectarianism in Malayalam
- sectarianism
- വിഭാഗീയത vibhāgīyata
sectarianism in Arabic
- rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination
- طَائِفِيَّة ṭāʔifiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- sectarianism in Persian
- فرقهگرایی ferqe-gerâyi
- sectarianism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa bè phái
Forms of sectarianism
| plural | sectarianisms |
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Origin of sectarianism
From sectarian + -ism.
Words formed from sectarianism
Questions about sectarianism
- What does sectarianism mean?
- Sectarianism means rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
- What is sectarianism in Tamil?
- Sectarianism in Tamil is வகுப்புவாதம், பிரிவினைப் போக்கு, செயல். See Sectarianism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sectarianism?
- Sectarianism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sectarianism?
- Sectarianism is pronounced /sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sectarianism?
- The plural of sectarianism is sectarianisms.
Words near sectarianism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sectarianism (page history and authors); sectarianism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sectarianism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിഭാഗീയത (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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