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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  • Perhaps worried about alienating her interlocutor, Wang fails to press Payá on camera about her support of a candidate who embodies American bigotry and who is a beacon of extremism.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Yet as Burke pointed out in his own statement, many of Owens’ talking points are rooted in bigotry and misinformation.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of bigotry
Noun
  • Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2024
  • Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.
    Robert W. Tucker, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 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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  • And catharsis may be what viewers need even more than escape in a world of relentless news about war, intolerance and fractured ideologies.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In order to shift norms, new narratives must be crafted that clearly reveal the promise, possibility, and demand for an alternative to intolerance and ideological rigidity.
    Manu Meel, Forbes, 4 Dec. 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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  • The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing on Patel's nomination shortly with the coming confirmation hearings set to be a flashpoint in the ongoing debate over the role of partisanship in federal governance.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
  • But nationally, there appears to be little opening for Hogan, who has urged the GOP to veer away from Trump’s partisanship and bluster.
    Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of partisanship
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