All sectarian synonyms
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S s adjective sectarian
- factional — of a faction or factions.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- local — low-cal.
- dissentive — (obsolete) disagreeing; inconsistent.
- localised — localisation
- nonconformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- episcopal — Of a bishop or bishops.
- racist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
adj sectarian
- denominational — Denominational means relating to or organized by a particular religious denomination.
- 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.
- deistic — a person who believes in deism.
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- dissident — a person who dissents.
- localized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- heretical — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
- 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.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- inward-looking — person
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
- bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- freaker — any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
noun sectarian
- objector — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- 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.
- 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.
- xenophobe — a person who fears or hates foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.