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" (120 found)
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opposition voiceoriginalparochialpartialpartisanpartyprejudicedprejudicialprotestantprotesterprovincialpurificationrecusantrigidsainthoodsaintingsanctificationschismaticschismaticalsectarysectionalseparatistsetting apartsmall-townsplintersplittiststate of graceswingertrue believerugly ducklingunconformistundergroundunorthodoxvotaryyippiezealot
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42 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- աղանդավորական adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- աղանդավոր noun (member of a sect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сектантски adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- сектант noun (member of a sect)
Catalan
2 entries- sectari adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- sectari adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
Czech
1 entries- sektářský adj (dogmatic or partisan)
Danish
1 entries- sekterisk adj (of, or relating to a sect)
Dutch
1 entries- sektarisch adj (of, or relating to a sect)
German
4 entries- Sekten adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- beschränkt adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
- bigott adj (bigoted)
- dogmatisch adj (dogmatic or partisan)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sekterisk adj (of, or relating to a sect)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sekterisk adj (of, or relating to a sect)
Russian
4 entries- секта́нтский adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- секта́нтский adj (dogmatic or partisan)
- секта́нтский adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
- секта́нтский adj (bigoted)
Spanish
4 entries- sectario adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- sectario adj (dogmatic or partisan)
- sectario adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
- sectario adj (bigoted)
Turkish
4 entries- bağnaz adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
- mezhepsel adj (of, or relating to a sect)
- sekter adj (dogmatic or partisan)
- sekter adj (parochial or narrow-minded)
Sample sentences
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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.
Source: tatoeba (5774018)
People who talk to you all the time about mosques, Islam and the prophet urge you to normalize sectarian thinking.
Source: tatoeba (9800830)
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