Associations to the word «Sectarian»

Wiktionary

SECTARIAN, adjective. Of, or relating to a sect.
SECTARIAN, adjective. Dogmatic or partisan.
SECTARIAN, adjective. Parochial or narrow-minded.
SECTARIAN, adjective. Bigoted.
SECTARIAN, noun. A member of a sect.
SECTARIAN, noun. A bigot.

Dictionary definition

SECTARIAN, noun. A member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect".
SECTARIAN, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences".
SECTARIAN, adjective. Belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology".

Wise words

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