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sectarianism

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

宗派主义,教派主义,派别主义,宗派

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.

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Examples

  • The West says far too little about the cancer of sectarianism.

  • Late last month he published a paper called “Beyond Sectarianism: The New Middle East Cold War.”

  • This from a regime that never shies from accusing other countries of stoking “sectarianism.”

  • Most Lebanese parties are genuinely trying to avoid an epidemic of sectarianism.

  • Diplomats fear the al‐Qaeda infiltration will feed off—and add to—destabilizing sectarianism sparked by the conflict in Syria.

  • Nonconformity is, no doubt, amenable to the reproach of undue sectarianism and unnecessary division.

  • The "godless schools" exist only in the minds of those who for purposes of dispute and sectarianism decree them so.

  • It never has taken the smug attitude of sectarianism, a placid self-satisfaction with its own perfection.

  • I have become so sick, my friends, of this miserable sectarianism, that I wish it could all be swept away.

  • The dogmatism of the medical college, and of most scientific associations, rivals that of theological sectarianism.