sectarian
Example Sentences
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Holding a pen like a gun grimly acknowledges Irish history, opposition to British rule as well as the sectarian Troubles between Protestants and Catholics.
Mr. Sharaa has also continued to host extremist foreign fighters, appointing several to senior positions within the military and rewarding them with army divisions, despite their implication in sectarian killings.
Syrian and international monitoring groups reported sectarian massacres, in which entire families were killed by government forces, armed groups allied with the government and armed volunteers, including summary executions.
From Barron's
It held relatively free and fair elections in the past and doesn’t suffer from the types of sectarian rifts associated with states in the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times
"The same neural signature -- reward up, control down under rivalry -- likely generalizes beyond sport to political and sectarian conflicts."
From Science Daily
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