1.
[syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
- Example: "sectarian differences"
2. belonging to or characteristic of a sect;
- Example: "a sectarian mind"
- Example: "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook
- Example: "sectarian squabbles in psychology"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, a.
Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect;
bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a
denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sectarian \Sec*ta"ri*an\, n.
One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school,
denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a
party in religion which has separated itself from established
church, or which holds tenets different from those of the
prevailing denomination in a state.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: See Heretic.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sectarian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
"sectarian differences"
2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind";
"the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook;
"sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian,
unsectarian]
n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary,
sectarist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarian":
Bohemian, adherent, alienated, antiestablishment, apostate,
at odds with, at variance with, beatification, beatitude, beatnik,
bigot, bigoted, blessedness, blessing, breakaway, bug,
canonization, clannish, cliquish, consecration, counter-culture,
cultish, cultist, dedication, demurrer, denominational,
denominationalist, deviant, devotion, differing, disagreeing,
dissenter, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, doctrinaire,
dogmatic, dogmatist, dropout, enshrinement, exaltation, extremist,
factional, factionist, fanatic, fanatical, fiend, flower child,
freak, glorification, grace, hallowing, heretic, heterodox, hippie,
in opposition, insular, interested, justification,
justification by works, limited, local, maverick, member, misfit,
narrow, narrow-minded, nonconforming, nonconformist, nonjuror, nut,
objector, opinionist, opposing, opposition voice, original,
parochial, partial, partisan, party, prejudiced, prejudicial,
protestant, protester, provincial, purification, recusant, rigid,
sainthood, sainting, sanctification, schismatic, sectary,
sectional, separatist, setting apart, small-town, splinter,
state of grace, swinger, true believer, ugly duckling,
unconformist, underground, unorthodox, votary, yippie, zealot