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. Katherine Zimmerman:

   This is certainly the opening of ISIS trying to exploit and it’s trying to drive Yemen’s conflict toward a fully sectarian conflict.

2. Idris Nassan:

   It is multi-cultural, multi-national, multi-sectarian. The protectors of this administration are the YPG, the People's Protection Units. That refers to all people. We are not just for the Kurdish people.

3. Ryan Mauro:

   The magazine spends so much time justifying the killing of innocent Shiites that it suggests that ISIL is frustrated that too few Sunnis favor sectarian massacres, iSIS is making the argument because it sees a problem it needs to address.

4. 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.

5. Alex Vatanka:

   The message Iran is recruiting with, like it or not, is a sectarian message, that is a message that is inherently dangerous and can get out of hand.