sectarianism

[ sek-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh m ]

/ sɛkˈtɛər i əˌnɪz əm /

sectarian spirit or tendencies; excessive devotion to a particular sect, especially in religion.

Origin of sectarianism

First recorded in 1810–20; sectarian + -ism

The West says far too little about the cancer of sectarianism.

Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea |Bruce Riedel |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This from a regime that never shies from accusing other countries of stoking “sectarianism.”

Russia Stages a Coup in Crimea |Michael Weiss |March 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Most Lebanese parties are genuinely trying to avoid an epidemic of sectarianism.

Is Syria Being 'Lebanized' or is Lebanon Being 'Syrianized'? |Hussein Ibish |August 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Half-way around the world and almost three generations later, the sectarianism that made my family leave Lebanon still follows me.

This Islamophobe Is An Arab-American Christian Like Me |Anna Lekas Miller |September 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

This vast sweep of subject-matter has a grand effect of countering any tendency to polemic or sectarianism.

David's Book Club: In the Shadow of the Sword |David Frum |June 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One evening, last winter, was devoted to the discussion of Sectarianism.

Jonathan and His Continent |Max O'Rell
Verily, if this is what any mean by sectarianism, then the more we have of it in our common schools the better.

Popular Education |Ira Mayhew
Its severity has been sometimes justified on the ground that sectarianism has had a political as well as a religious significance.

Russia |Donald Mackenzie Wallace
In the first ages of sectarianism a state of celibacy was quite in accordance with their surroundings.

Russia |Donald Mackenzie Wallace
There must be no sectarianism, whether political or religious, in our public schools, but there must be truth and duty there.

Thirty Years In Hell |Bernard Fresenborg