sectarianism

[sek-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] / sɛkˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

NOUN

bigotry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bias discrimination fanaticism injustice racism sexism unfairness

STRONG

dogmatism narrow-mindedness partiality provincialism racialism

WEAK

Jim Crowism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fairness impartiality

WEAK

broad-mindedness open-mindedness tolerance

NOUN

heresy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blasphemy fallacy

STRONG

agnosticism apostasy atheism defection disbelief dissent dissidence divergence error heterodoxy iconoclasm impiety infidelity nonconformism nonconformity paganism revisionism schism secularism sin

WEAK

misbelief

Antonyms

STRONG

agreement belief harmony

WEAK

orthodoxy

NOUN

racism

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apartheid bias bigotry discrimination segregation unfairness

STRONG

illiberality partiality racialism

WEAK

one-sidedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fairness tolerance

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Our sectarianisms are always most frowning and obtrusive when spiritually we are at “low tide.”

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

sectarianism

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