English dictionary

sectarian

/s/E/k't/(@)/r/i//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects

adj.pert

Examples
Sectarian differences.

Source: WordNet 3.0
belonging to or characteristic of a sect

adj.all

Examples
A sectarian mind.

The negations of sectarian ideology.

Sectarian squabbles in psychology.

Antonyms nonsectarian unsectarian

Source: WordNet 3.0
Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, <i>sectarian</i> principles or prejudices.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a member of a sect

noun.person

Examples
Most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect.

Synonyms sectarist sectary

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913