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sectarian

sec·tar·i·an
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sek-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /sɛkˈtɛər i ən/
    • /sekˈteə.ri.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sek-tair-ee-uh n]
    • /sɛkˈtɛər i ən/

Definitions of sectarian word

  • adjective sectarian of or relating to sectaries or sects. 1
  • adjective sectarian narrowly confined or devoted to a particular sect. 1
  • adjective sectarian narrowly confined or limited in interest, purpose, scope, etc. 1
  • noun sectarian a member of a sect. 1
  • noun sectarian a bigoted or narrow-minded adherent of a sect. 1
  • adjective sectarian relating to breakaway groups 1

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Origin of sectarian

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1640-50; sectary + -an

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Parts of speech for Sectarian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sectarian popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sectarian usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sectarian

noun sectarian

  • anti-semite — An anti-Semite is someone who strongly dislikes and is prejudiced against Jewish people.
  • bigot — If you describe someone as a bigot, you mean that they are bigoted.
  • dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
  • heretic — a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
  • monomaniac — (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.

adj sectarian

  • anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
  • associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
  • bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
  • born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
  • catholic — The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome.

adjective sectarian

Antonyms for sectarian

adjective sectarian

noun sectarian

  • liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.

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