sectarianism

noun

Definition of sectarianismnext
as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices an ideological sectarianism that prevented the political party from ever being anything more than a fringe group

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  1. bigotry
  2. dogmatism
  3. parochialism
  4. intolerance
  5. illiberalism
  6. partisanship
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  • Members of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which fights racial hatred of all stripes, on Thursday decried the cruel display of bigotry.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • For voters who share these concerns, there is an obvious choice on Nov. 5: Vice President Kamala Harris is by far the best candidate to safeguard the United States, ensure Israel’s security, and reverse the alarming rise of bigotry and violence aimed at the Jewish community.
    Jared Moskowitz, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of bigotry
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  • Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.
    Robert W. Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2024
  • This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.
    Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Definition of dogmatism
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  • British parochialism finds echoes on the other side of the Channel, where European leaders, as a group, failed to sell the European way of life to their people.
    Camille Pecastaing, Foreign Affairs, 13 July 2016
  • But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of parochialism
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  • Who is vegan protein powder best for? Vegan protein powders are great options for vegans and anyone with lactose intolerance—but don’t take that as a prescription.
    Suzy Forman, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
  • With intolerance on the rise, Holland said, the work of European filmmakers was more important than ever.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of intolerance
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  • In the United States, the presidential election is shaping up to be a contest between two candidates who have different versions of economic illiberalism.
    Macy Scheck, National Review, 26 June 2024
  • India’s growing power also brings into sharper relief a fundamental conundrum for the West: How to square the strategic imperatives of partnership with an accelerating Indian illiberalism that fuels transnational repression—including some allegedly carried out on Western soil.
    Michael Kugelman, TIME, 5 June 2024
Definition of illiberalism
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  • That pushes voters' overall evaluation of the economy slightly higher than it's been this year — and further spotlights how much partisanship, along with optimism, always plays into these evaluations.
    Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Neither do the psychologists and political scientists who have been tracking the country’s slide toward toxic levels of partisanship.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of partisanship
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