sectarian
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Many Catholics see its marches as sectarian and object to them passing through, or close to, Catholic or nationalist areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
She said she supported "the right of the Garvaghy Road residents to protest against this unwanted sectarian march".
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Fr Aidan said the sectarian dispute was "hatred at its worst".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“In the end that sacred project actually tends to produce sectarian narrowness, exclusion, uniformity, silencing, self-censorship, lack of debate, the negative sanctioning of nonconformists, and the debilitation of rigorous thought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
I ask my fellow-workers at the factory; they know nothing and think I am talking of some crazy Yomesh sectarian.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing sectarian
Power Suffix: -arian
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"Ideas Live On" by Benazir Bhutto (2007)
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