sectarianism

English

Etymology

sectarian +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /sekˈteəɹi.ənɪzəm/

Noun

sectarianism (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.

Translations

rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination

Arabic: طَائِفِيَّة‎ f (ṭāʾifiyya)
Armenian: աղանդավորություն (hy) (ałandavorutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宗派主義 (zh), 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 (mezhepchilik)
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bè phái

Anagrams

Americanists, Cartesianism

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