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sectarianisms

sectarianisms is the plural of sectarianism.

Meaning of sectarianism

Noun

sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)

  1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
    • They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
  2. 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.

Questions about sectarianisms

What is sectarianisms the plural of?
Sectarianisms is the plural of sectarianism.

Words near sectarianisms in the dictionary

  1. sectarianise
  2. sectarianised
  3. sectarianises
  4. sectarianising
  5. sectarianism
  6. sectarianisms
  7. sectarianist
  8. sectarianists
  9. sectarianize
  10. sectarianized
  11. sectarianizes

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