sectarian
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She described the planned Orange march on 27 September as "unwanted, sectarian and triumphalist".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
However, many Catholics see the marches as sectarian and object to them passing through, or close to, mainly Catholic or nationalist areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and al-Shabaab—al Qaeda’s wealthiest affiliate—were long divided by sectarian lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The French president is also eager for Sharaa to maintain his pledge to protect Syria's minorities, after sectarian bloodshed in its Alawite and Druze heartlands last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 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
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Power Suffix: -arian
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"Ideas Live On" by Benazir Bhutto (2007)
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