English-French translations for sectarianism

• sectarisme
  L’explosion du sectarisme porterait préjudice à tous au Kosovo. The explosion of sectarianism would be to the detriment of all in Kosovo.
  Les jeunes tournent le dos au sectarisme et à la violence, les milices perdent leurs soutiens et l'armée de Mahdi coopère. Young people are turning their backs on sectarianism and violence, the militia are losing support and the Mahdi Army is cooperating.
  Une Palestine à deux États est en train d'émerger, agitée par la violence, le sectarisme et la peur, tandis que la solution à deux États à ce conflit ne fait que s'éloigner. A two-state Palestine is emerging, riddled by violence, sectarianism and fear, while a two-state solution to the conflict is moving further away.

Definition of sectarianism

• Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party
• A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects

Examples

• They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
• In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

Related words

• sectarian
• nonsectarian
• nonsectarianism
• sectarianly