sectarianism

3 definitions found

sectarianism - 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]

sectarianism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sectarianism
      n 1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or
           denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn:
           sectarianism, denominationalism]

sectarianism - 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