Vocabulary
Sectarian
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
rigidly following the doctrines of a sect or other group.
Urdu meaning
فرقہ وارانہ، فرقہ پرست، خاص جماعت کا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Yet today, we face a terrorist insurgency in KP led by the extremist TTP, while sectarian groups continue to flex their muscles from time to time.
- Peace committees and declarations will be inadequate unless the state pledges to permanently put sectarian and hate groups out of business.
- In Pakistan, terrorism has sectarian, ethnic and cross-border dimensions.
- Sectarian and ethnic violence further shaped it.
- It demands serious attention to the underlying grievances that fuel unrest, corruption, exclusion, inadequate service delivery and ethnic or sectarian marginalisation.
Synonyms
factional, schismatic, cliquish, clannish, partisan, parti pris, denominational, doctrinaire,
Antonyms
tolerant, liberal, broad-minded,
Curator example
“the sectarian Bolshevism advocated by Moscow”
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