sectarianism

Definitions

1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
   countable, uncountable
2. A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.”

“Our conversation is in French, since he downplays his ability to speak⟳ English “out of sectarianism”.”

“In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.”

CEFR level