sectarian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/    /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a sect.
    — An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes to see the freedom of thought and utterance within the old churches of Europe.
  2. A bigot.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.
    — We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.
  2. Dogmatic or partisan.
    — The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.
  3. Parochial or narrow-minded.
  4. Bigoted.

词形变化

more sectarian comparative most sectarian superlative sectarians plural

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.
词源 2
From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.
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