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:
   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. Ali Alfoneh:

   This is an organization which has engaged in spreading sectarian terror in Iraq. And now, this is the force that the Iraqi government has turned to for help in order to liberate Tikrit from Islamic State terrorists, in other words, we have one terrorist organization which is helping the Iraqi government get rid of another terrorist organization.

2. Anwar Gargash:

   Mogherini's Guardian op-ed lacks context and understanding of Iran's regional and aggressive policy and sectarian overtones that have polarized the Middle East her task of 'regional cooperative framework' must evolve from a clear understanding of Iran's interventionist and sectarian foreign policy and ensuing polarization.

3. Liam McBurney/PA Wire/AP Conlon:

   Youth organizations are crying out for government support. There’s funding there that ca n’t be given out – because there’s no government – and these youth services are going to close. Young people rely on it so much. I honestly ca n’t even begin to imagine the impact this will have on their lives, it feels like all these issues are more important than sectarian politics – but it feels like if we do n’t address sectarianism – then we ca n’t deal with these issues.

4. Saleh al-Mutlaq:

   But unfortunately, the army was built in a way that the militias was entered in it, and also it was not built on a national basis, but on a sectarian one, unfortunately, the withdrawal was not in a responsible way. So the occupation was wrong, and the withdrawal was wrong also. Both of them are wrong steps, which led to what we are now. Now we have to act immediately.

5. Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi:

   To my dear people, I say, make sure that al-Maliki and those who stand behind him don't get what he wishes. Because they want sectarian strife.