sectarian

¹sec·tar·i·an

adj \sek-ˈter-ē-ən\

Definition of SECTARIAN

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian

2

: limited in character or scope : parochial

— sec·tar·i·an·ism \-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

Examples of SECTARIAN

1. The country was split along sectarian lines.
2. <there are people on both the left and the right who have staked out unyielding sectarian positions in this debate>

First Known Use of SECTARIAN

1649

Related to SECTARIAN

Synonyms: illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, narrow, small, small-minded

Antonyms: broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant

Related Words: inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy; dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative; limited; hick, unsophisticated

Near Antonyms: impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; freethinking

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Rhymes with SECTARIAN

agrarian, Aquarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Canarian, Cancerian, cesarean, cnidarian, contrarian, grammarian, Hungarian, librarian, Maid Marian, ovarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, Sumerian, Tartarean, Tartarian, Tocharian, Tractarian, Wagnerian