The now ubiquitous occurrence of sectarian violence is the product of growing tensions between the country's different ethnic groups.
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Sectarian
/sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/
Synonyms for "sectarian" (151 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(9 words)
insular scholarlyschismaticssectaristsectarytribal council meeting scheduletribal councilstribal leaderstribalistic thinkingtrotskyist
interestedjustificationjustification by workslimitedlocalmaverickmembermisfitnarrownarrow-mindednonconformingnonconformistnonjurornutobjectoropinionistopposingopposition voiceoriginalparochial
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partialpartisanpartyprejudicedprejudicialprotestantprotesterprovincialpurificationrecusantrigidsainthoodsaintingsanctificationschismaticschismaticalsectarysectionalseparatistsetting apartsmall-townsplinterstate of graceswingertrue believerugly ducklingunconformistundergroundunorthodoxvotaryyippiezealot
Adjective(14 words)
intolerantparochialpartialpartisanpartisanshipprejudicepuritanicsadduceanscholarly factionalismtribaltribal assemblytribal customstribalisticzealot
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9 entriessectarian activistsectarian advocacysectarian agitatorsectarian bullysectarian educationsectarian leadersectarian politicssectarian rhetoricsectarian violence
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9 entriessectarian biassectarian conflictsectarian curriculumsectarian dividesectarian dividessectarian politicssectarian rhetoricsectarian tensionssectarian violence
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9 total sentences available.
Sectarian violence is an unwelcome reality for the city's population.
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As too often, those trumpeting the benefits of globalization have ignored inequality within and among nations; have ignored the enduring appeal of ethnic and sectarian identities; have left international institutions ill-equipped, underfunded, under-resourced, in order to handle transnational challenges.
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People who talk to you all the time about mosques, Islam and the prophet urge you to normalize sectarian thinking.
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