sectarianism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sectarianism
    n 1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or
         denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn:
         {sectarianism}, {denominationalism}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sectarianism \Sec*ta"ri*an*ism\, n.
   The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the
   interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational
   zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "sectarianism":
      clannishness, clanship, cliqueyness, cliquishness, cliquism,
      denominationalism, eclecticism, esprit de corps, ethnocentricity,
      exclusiveness, faction, factionalism, partiality, partisanism,
      partisanship, party spirit, schismatism, sectarism, sectionalism,
      syncretism

    

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