Sectarianism is a key element of Lebanese political life.
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Sectarianism
Synonyms for "sectarianism" (23 found)
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Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
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17 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طَائِفِيَّة noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Armenian
1 entries- աղանդավորություն noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 宗派主義 /宗派主义 noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Finnish
1 entries- lahkolaisuus noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
French
1 entries- sectarisme noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Galician
1 entries- sectarismo noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
German
1 entries- Sektierertum noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Japanese
2 entries- セクト主義 noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
- 分派主義 noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Kazakh
1 entries- сектанттық noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Persian
1 entries- فرقهگرایی noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Polish
1 entries- sekciarstwo noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Russian
1 entries- секта́нтство noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Spanish
1 entries- sectarismo noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Swedish
1 entries- sekterism noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Uyghur
1 entries- مەزھەپچىلىك noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa bè phái noun (rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination)
Sample sentences
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They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
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Our conversation is in French, since he downplays his ability to speak English “out of sectarianism”.
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In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.