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[syn: sectarianism, denominationalism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sectarianism \Sec*ta"ri*an*ism\, n.
The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the
interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational
zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sectarianism
n 1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or
denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn:
sectarianism, denominationalism]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarianism":
clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness, cliquishness, cliquism,
denominationalism, eclecticism, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity,
exclusiveness, faction, factionalism, partiality, partisanism,
partisanship, party spirit, schismatism, sectarism, sectionalism,
syncretism