sectarianism
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editsectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)
- Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
- They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
- (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.
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editrigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination
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