sec·tar·i·an
adjective
sectarian (adjective)
- concerning or arising from membership of a particular religious or political group, or from divisions between such groups:
- rigidly following or strongly identifying with the doctrines of a particular religious or political group:
- a member of a religious or political group:
- a person who rigidly follows or strongly identifies with the doctrines of a particular religious or political group:
Synonyms
factional,
schismatic,
cliquish,
clannish,
partisan,
denominational,
doctrinaire,
dogmatic,
extreme,
fanatical,
rigid,
inflexible,
bigoted,
hidebound,
tolerant,
liberal,
separatist,
dissenter,
dissident,
nonconformist,
renegade,
disruptor,
recusant,
schismatic,
revisionist,
unbeliever,
skeptic,
agnostic,
atheist,
nontheist,
zealot,
extremist,
radical,
activist,
militant,
bigot,
dogmatist,
partisan,
devotee,
activist,
extremist,
radical,
enthusiast,
supporter,
follower,
devotee,
zealot,
fanatic,
partisan,
centrist,
conformist,
conservative,
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