What's the difference between sectarian and sectarianism?

Sectarian


Definition:

  • (n.) Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) More seriously, but no less predictably, the inflaming of sectarianism will have knock-on effects in Syria and Iraq.
  • (2) As a result, more and more people are beginning to look towards Irish reunification as being a real possibility.” The overriding issue, however, in this most marginal constituency in Northern Ireland is the old binary, sectarian one: the zero-sum game of orange versus green.
  • (3) They released a song on (the now banned) YouTube, called Alu Anday (Potatoes and Eggs) taking a swipe at the military as well as sectarian killers.
  • (4) Iraqi politicians started to brand themselves as cross-sectarian nationalists who wanted to build a unified Iraq.
  • (5) In the Punjab, the eastern province, the movement has been able to forge ad hoc links with fragmented sectarian groups or freelance operators who have split away from bigger, more established organisations that are under close watch by intelligence agencies, the officials said.
  • (6) She rejected recent criticism that she has not been sufficiently outspoken against sectarian violence in her country, particularly attacks on the Rohingya Muslim minority in the west of the country.
  • (7) Almost three years after US troops withdrew from Iraq and 11 years after their invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, the war on Islamic State is drawing Washington back into the middle of Iraq’s power struggles and bloody sectarian strife.
  • (8) If so, they will be more jihadist, sectarian, brutal and anti-western when they take Damascus.
  • (9) Early in the unrest protesters carried crosses and shouted anti-sectarian slogans: "Muslims, Christians, Alawis are all one."
  • (10) It is a microcosm of the region’s maladies and the trauma they have wrought on civilian lives – there are people here who have been wounded in sectarian bloodletting, shelling, airstrikes, occupation and crackdowns by dictators.
  • (11) Bridging the Muslim-Christian divide and climate issues are major themes of the trip that also takes him to Uganda, which like Kenya has been a victim of extremist attacks, and the Central African Republic, a nation riven by sectarian conflict.
  • (12) I grew up in Northern Ireland and it’s Paisleyite language being used to describe the effects of not being in the EU: ‘We will lose 3m jobs and the people who aren’t in it are little Englanders’ … It’s almost sectarian, the language.
  • (13) Thank God we have succeeded in ridding ourselves of sectarianism and racism."
  • (14) The detainees include Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a political opposition leader, and Ebrahim Sharif, the leader of a cross-sectarian political party and one of the few Sunni Bahrainis to have been jailed for his part in the protest movement.
  • (15) In South Sudan, where civil war broke out a year ago, 1.5 million people are severely food insecure, while the sectarian violence that has plagued CAR since March has left a quarter of the population – more than 1 million people – displaced within its borders or in neighbouring countries.
  • (16) I have been telling them for years that there is a leader (Maliki) that is sectarian, a one-man band who listens to no-one else.
  • (17) "He not only followed US Apache helicopters' trails of death and destruction, but he was also among the first to report every 'sectarian' atrocity and the bombing of popular market places.
  • (18) Central African Republic is in danger of becoming the world's latest failed state , with increasing sectarian violence sparking a humanitarian disaster.
  • (19) "The killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain was a conspiracy by someone who wants to take advantage, to bring Karachi to another test in terms of sectarian and political polarisation," he said.
  • (20) There were also attempts to portray the violence as sectarian in nature.

Sectarianism


Definition:

  • (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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) More seriously, but no less predictably, the inflaming of sectarianism will have knock-on effects in Syria and Iraq.
  • (2) As a result, more and more people are beginning to look towards Irish reunification as being a real possibility.” The overriding issue, however, in this most marginal constituency in Northern Ireland is the old binary, sectarian one: the zero-sum game of orange versus green.
  • (3) They released a song on (the now banned) YouTube, called Alu Anday (Potatoes and Eggs) taking a swipe at the military as well as sectarian killers.
  • (4) Iraqi politicians started to brand themselves as cross-sectarian nationalists who wanted to build a unified Iraq.
  • (5) In the Punjab, the eastern province, the movement has been able to forge ad hoc links with fragmented sectarian groups or freelance operators who have split away from bigger, more established organisations that are under close watch by intelligence agencies, the officials said.
  • (6) She rejected recent criticism that she has not been sufficiently outspoken against sectarian violence in her country, particularly attacks on the Rohingya Muslim minority in the west of the country.
  • (7) Almost three years after US troops withdrew from Iraq and 11 years after their invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, the war on Islamic State is drawing Washington back into the middle of Iraq’s power struggles and bloody sectarian strife.
  • (8) If so, they will be more jihadist, sectarian, brutal and anti-western when they take Damascus.
  • (9) Early in the unrest protesters carried crosses and shouted anti-sectarian slogans: "Muslims, Christians, Alawis are all one."
  • (10) It is a microcosm of the region’s maladies and the trauma they have wrought on civilian lives – there are people here who have been wounded in sectarian bloodletting, shelling, airstrikes, occupation and crackdowns by dictators.
  • (11) Bridging the Muslim-Christian divide and climate issues are major themes of the trip that also takes him to Uganda, which like Kenya has been a victim of extremist attacks, and the Central African Republic, a nation riven by sectarian conflict.
  • (12) I grew up in Northern Ireland and it’s Paisleyite language being used to describe the effects of not being in the EU: ‘We will lose 3m jobs and the people who aren’t in it are little Englanders’ … It’s almost sectarian, the language.
  • (13) Thank God we have succeeded in ridding ourselves of sectarianism and racism."
  • (14) The detainees include Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a political opposition leader, and Ebrahim Sharif, the leader of a cross-sectarian political party and one of the few Sunni Bahrainis to have been jailed for his part in the protest movement.
  • (15) In South Sudan, where civil war broke out a year ago, 1.5 million people are severely food insecure, while the sectarian violence that has plagued CAR since March has left a quarter of the population – more than 1 million people – displaced within its borders or in neighbouring countries.
  • (16) I have been telling them for years that there is a leader (Maliki) that is sectarian, a one-man band who listens to no-one else.
  • (17) "He not only followed US Apache helicopters' trails of death and destruction, but he was also among the first to report every 'sectarian' atrocity and the bombing of popular market places.
  • (18) Central African Republic is in danger of becoming the world's latest failed state , with increasing sectarian violence sparking a humanitarian disaster.
  • (19) "The killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain was a conspiracy by someone who wants to take advantage, to bring Karachi to another test in terms of sectarian and political polarisation," he said.
  • (20) There were also attempts to portray the violence as sectarian in nature.

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