Antonyms for sectarian
sɛkˈtɛər i ənsec·tar·i·an

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1. sectarian

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

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

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1. sectarian, sectary, sectaristadjective

   a member of a sect

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

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

   Synonyms:
   sectary, sectarist

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. sectarianadjective

   Synonyms:
   denominational

How to use sectarian in a sentence?

1. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   Daesh is a dagger plunged into the chest of Muslims. Whoever gives support to this group, whether out of sectarian fanaticism or another motive, commits the same sin.

2. 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.

3. Muhammad Osman Farruk:

   This has further heightened the need for the government of the day to rise above all partisan and sectarian considerations and reach out to all sections of the people to forge national unity and reconciliation.

4. Abu Iskander:

   We have since the beginning of our revolution demanded the Free Syrian Army be equipped. We are not sectarian, we want to equip the army and strengthen it to end these dark powers -- ISIS and its allies.

5. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   That is why I think we need to redouble our efforts to get -- hasten this delivery of equipment to them, their training to support Prime Minister Abadi, we can't make this happen by ourselves, but we can assist it to happen, and we are counting on the Iraqi people to come behind a multi-sectarian government in Baghdad.

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