Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: sectarian

Synonyms:

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Antonyms:

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Usage examples:

A drunk who started singing a Rangers sectarian song as police were trying to deal with an ongoing incident has insisted he is not anti-Catholic.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6007168/weekend-court-roll-a-tiktok-paedophile-and-truck-show-bust-up/

Although he has since been derided for his role in the second Gulf War, Tony Blair can also take credit for helping to end one of the most violent sectarian conflicts in post-War European history.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/04/15/how-lessons-from-the-good-friday-agreement-can-help-ukraine/

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/the-inside-story-of-myanmar-govts-info-war-on-rohingya.html

As the tension forces thousands to live in temporary camps, over 550 civil society groups in an open letter urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence over the sectarian violence.

Source: http://southasiajournal.net/arson-unrest-continue-in-violence-hit-indian-state/

Both the police and the military were implicated in the excessive use of force and other serious abuses while responding to the rioting and sectarian violence.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/election-what-if-corpers-were-killed-by-emmanuel-onwubiko/

Coupled with radical sectarian politics, Bengal’s last opportunity at “sub-nationality” was destroyed before Partition.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/all-bengal-day-versus-west-bengal-day-the-history-and-politics-of-bengali-sub-nationalism-8695306/

Eight school teachers were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents of targeted shooting in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal district, bordering Afghanistan, in a case of possible sectarian violence, police said.

Source: https://pragativadi.com/8-school-teachers-shot-dead-in-pakistan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-school-teachers-shot-dead-in-pakistan

Gen. Kyanda remarked that unity is the foundation of any military and called for a campaign against sectarian tendencies, mentioning that these derail development.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202305220177.html

In a sweeping critique, he lambasted the BJP for its alleged failure to meet poll promises, accused it of using religion as a smokescreen, and expressed alarm at the rise of sectarian violence in states such as Manipur and Haryana.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tamil-nadu-cm-stalin-speaking-for-india-podcast-india-alliance-8925956/

In India's Manipur state, ongoing sectarian violence has thus far claimed nearly 200 lives and displaced over 50,000 people in the last three months.

Source: https://www.christiantoday.com/article/indian.bishops.call.for.un.action.against.anti.christian.violence.in.india.and.pakistan/140674.htm

In some cases, the debate took on a sectarian nature, with many politicians and institutions, including the small nation’s largest church, the Maronite Church, rejecting the move.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/cabinet-ap-lebanon-beirut-christian-b2308721.html

Lebanon shares power among its 18 recognised religious communities, and its political woes are often blamed on the sectarian tensions that were the key driver behind its 1975-1990 civil war.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/after-clocks-confusion-lebanon-shift-summer-time

Nigeria is also a bitterly divided country, facing serious sectarian crises and agitations for the dissolution of the federation.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/is-nigeria-a-failed-state-by-julius-ogunro/

Nothing like a bit of good, old-fashioned sectarian hatred to put you in your place!

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/on-the-fritz-20230505-p5d5u1.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Only a few people in one of the bars were injured, but the attacks sparked fears that sectarian terror would erupt in Scotland.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23449109.joe-biden-ireland-scotlands-stake-good-friday-agreement/?ref=rss

Or is he now reduced to being an instrument of sectarian Israeli politics, simply trying to score political points with his base?

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/357095/not-really-sephardic-why-has-extremism-hijacked-my-heritage/

Similarly, the peace deal commits itself to the right to freedom from sectarian harassment.

Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/good-friday-agreement-ended-violence-northern-ireland-but-didnt-achieve-peace-25-years/

The claims that he had made sectarian remarks and that the offence was aggravated by religious prejudice were deleted by prosecutors.

Source: https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24004442.its-country-prison-officer-sparked-chaos-waving-union-jack/?ref=rss

The division by the consultants, prompted the other adherents of the divide to flock to Afghanistan to be trained as snipers and even slip over to that country after any episode of sectarian massacre.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/08/06/lessons-in-political-engineering/

The foreign office said the group was affiliated with the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which consists of Islamist and sectarian outfits that have waged a war against the state for years, but the TJP has not clarified the matter.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistan-taliban-government-military-base-attack-9066258/