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sectarianism

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Synonyms and Antonyms of sectarianism

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

Synonyms of sectarianism

bigotry, dogmatism, illiberalism, illiberality, illiberalness, intolerance, intolerantness, narrow-mindedness, opinionatedness, partisanship, small-mindedness

Words Related to sectarianism

conservatism, reactionaryism

insularism, insularity, parochialism, provincialism

Near Antonyms of sectarianism

progressiveness, progressivism

Antonyms of sectarianism

broad-mindedness, liberalism, liberality, open-mindedness, tolerance

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