Synonyms for SECTARIAN
sɛkˈtɛər i ənsec·tar·i·an

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1. sectarian

   Synonyms:
   party, schismatical, narrow, bigoted, exclusive, denominational, divisional, intolerant

   Antonyms:
   broad, catholic, comprehensive, tolerant, latitudinarian, indifferent, universal

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1. sectarian, sectary, sectaristadjective

   a member of a sect

   "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"

   Synonyms:
   sectarian, sectary, sectarist

   Antonyms:
   oecumenical, interdenominational, ecumenic, undenominational, ecumenical, nonsectarian, oecumenic, nondenominational, unsectarian, interchurch

2. sectarianadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects

   "sectarian differences"

   Antonyms:
   ecumenical, undenominational, interdenominational, ecumenic, oecumenical, nonsectarian, unsectarian, interchurch, oecumenic, nondenominational

3. sectarianadjective

   belonging to or characteristic of a sect

   "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology"

   Antonyms:
   nondenominational, interdenominational, undenominational, oecumenic, unsectarian, ecumenic, nonsectarian, ecumenical, interchurch, oecumenical

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1. sectariannoun

   Synonyms:
   sectary, partisan

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1. sectarianadjective

   Synonyms:
   denominational

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1. List of paraphrases for "sectarian":

   sectarianism, communal, factional, denominational, confessional, doctrinal, cult

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1. Ryan Mauro:

   The magazine spends so much time justifying the killing of innocent Shiites that it suggests that ISIL is frustrated that too few Sunnis favor sectarian massacres, iSIS is making the argument because it sees a problem it needs to address.

2. Sarkis Naoum:

   This step( attacking rebels in the north) opens the door to an open-ended war in the region and a declared( Sunni-Shi' ite) sectarian war which could in the long term transform to a second Afghanistan for the Russians, and they wo n’t be able to win it.

3. Manuel Valls:

   Let me remind the prime minister that the war being waged against France today is being waged by Islamist fundamentalists bottle-fed by a laxist, sectarian Socialist Party.

4. The President:

   When people are oppressed and human rights are denied, particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines, when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism.

5. Alex Vatanka:

   The message Iran is recruiting with, like it or not, is a sectarian message, that is a message that is inherently dangerous and can get out of hand.