sectarianism

Noun

 * 1) Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
 * They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
 * 1)  A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects
 * In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

Derived terms

 * anti-sectarianism

Translations

 * Arabic: طَائِفِيَّة
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 * Galician: sectarismo
 * German: Sektierertum
 * Japanese: セクト主義, 分派主義
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 * Uyghur: مەزھەپچىلىك
 * Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bè phái