sectarian

English

WOTD – 4 April 2007

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin sectarius +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/
• IPA^(key): /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriən

Adjective

sectarian (comparative more sectarian, superlative most sectarian)

1. Of, or relating to a sect.

   We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.

2. Dogmatic or partisan.
3. Parochial or narrow-minded.
4. Bigoted.

Antonyms

• nonsectarian

Translations

of, or relating to a sect

• Armenian: աղանդավորական (hy) (aġandavorakan)
• Danish: sekterisk (da)
• Dutch: sektarisch (nl)
• German: sektiererisch, Sekten- (prefix)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sekterisk

  Nynorsk: sekterisk

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• Russian: секта́нтский (ru) (sektántskij)
• Spanish: sectario (es) m, sectaria (es) f

dogmatic or partisan

• Czech: sektářský
• German: parteiisch (de), dogmatisch (de)
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• Russian: секта́нтский (ru) (sektántskij)
• Spanish: sectario (es) m, sectaria (es) f

parochial or narrow-minded

• German: engstirnig (de), beschränkt (de), eng (de), provinziell
• Russian: секта́нтский (ru) (sektántskij)
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• Spanish: sectario (es) m, sectaria (es) f

bigoted

• German: voreingenommen (de), eifernd (de), bigott (de), stur (de), engstirnig (de)
• Russian: секта́нтский (ru) (sektántskij)
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• Spanish: sectario (es) m, sectaria (es) f

Noun

sectarian (plural sectarians)

1. A member of a sect.
2. A bigot.

Related terms

• sectarianism
• sectarianize

Translations

member of a sect

• Armenian: աղանդավոր (hy) (aġandavor)
• German: Sektenmitglied (de) n, Angehöriger einer Sekte m, Sektenangehöriger m
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• Russian: секта́нт (ru) m (sektánt), секта́нтка (ru) f (sektántka)

Anagrams

• Cartesian, arsacetin, ascertain, cartesian, craniates, intracase