sectarianism

sectarianism

English

Etymology

sectarian +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sekˈteəɹi.ənɪzəm/

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.

Translations

rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination

Arabic: طَائِفِيَّة‎ f (ṭāʾifiyya) Armenian: աղանդավորություն (hy) (ałandavorutʿyun) 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) Russian: секта́нтство (ru) n (sektántstvo) Spanish: sectarismo (es) m Uyghur: مەزھەپچىلىك‎ (mez'hepchilik) Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bè phái

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