sectarianism n 1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn: {sectarianism}, {denominationalism}]
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]
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