sectarian
/sɛkˈtɛriən/
adjective
- Relating to or resulting from strong loyalty to a particular religious or political group, often causing conflict with other groups.
- Sectarian violence broke out between the two rival groups in the city.
- He made a sectarian remark that offended people from other faiths.
- The school tried to avoid sectarian disputes by teaching about many religions.
Antonyms
noun
- A person who is strongly and often narrowly loyal to a particular religious or political group.
- He was known as a sectarian who saw all other viewpoints as wrong.
- The sectarians refused to cooperate with anyone outside their own group.
- A few sectarians tried to disrupt the interfaith meeting.