sectarianism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)
- Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
- They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
- (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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination
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