sectarian

Meanings

Plural: sectarians

Noun

a member of a sect
- "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect"
A member of a sect.
A bigot.

Adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
- "sectarian differences"
belonging to or characteristic of a sect; ; - Sidney Hook
- "a sectarian mind"
- "the negations of sectarian ideology"
- "sectarian squabbles in psychology"

Adj

Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.
Dogmatic or partisan.
Parochial or narrow-minded.
Bigoted.

Origin / Etymology

From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.

Synonyms

sectarist, sectary

Antonyms

nonsectarian

Scrabble Score: 11

sectarian is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sectarian is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sectarian is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

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