sectarianism

English

Etymology

sectarian +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/

Noun

sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)

1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.

   They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.

2. (politics) A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects

   In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

Derived terms

• anti-sectarianism

Translations

rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination

• Arabic: طَائِفِيَّة f (ṭāʔifiyya)
• Armenian: աղանդավորություն (hy) (aġandavorutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗派主義／宗派主义 (zh) (zōngpàizhǔyì)

• Finnish: lahkolaisuus (fi)
• French: sectarisme (fr) m
• Galician: sectarismo m
• German: Sektierertum n
• Japanese: セクト主義 (sekuto-shugi), 分派主義 (ぶんぱしゅぎ, bunpashugi)
• Persian: فرقه‌گرایی (fa) (ferqe-gerâyi)
• Polish: sekciarstwo n
• Russian: секта́нтство (ru) n (sektántstvo)
• Spanish: sectarismo (es) m
• Swedish: sekterism (sv) c
• Uyghur: مەزھەپچىلىك (mez'hepchilik)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bè phái

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