sectarianism

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /sekˈteəɹi.ənɪzəm/

Noun

sectarianism

1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.

   They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.

2. (politics) 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.

Translations

• French: sectarisme
• German: Sektierertum
• Russian: секта́нтство
• Spanish: sectarismo

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