What is another word for sectarians?

Pronunciation: [sɛktˈe͡əɹi͡ənz] (IPA)

Sectarians refer to individuals who are a part of a religious or political group that is exclusive and intolerant of others. There are several synonyms for this word, such as factionalists, separatists, partisans, and zealots. Factionalists represent individuals who are supporters of a particular faction or group, whereas separatists are those who advocate for the independence or separation of a particular group. Partisans are those who are loyal to a particular cause or party. Lastly, zealots are individuals who are extremely passionate about their beliefs and will often go to extreme lengths to defend them. All of these synonyms convey a similar meaning to sectarians and are commonly used in the English language.

What are the hypernyms for Sectarians?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Sectarians

First, we are in a peaceful little town of the southwest, then in the thick woods of Poliyessye, in the snow-covered and frozen Siberian forests, or in the valleys of Sakhaline, inhabited by half-breed Russians and escaped convicts, not to mention the innumerable sectarians who fill the Siberian prisons.
"Contemporary Russian Novelists"
Serge Persky
As he affected to be more strict than the churchman, and was a great oracle with all who regarded churchmen as lukewarm, so his conduct was narrowly watched by all the clergy of the orthodox cathedral, good men, doubtless, but not affecting to be saints, who were jealous at being so luminously outshone by a layman and an authority of the sectarians.
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
And how many times already have I not told you that science alone is the world's revolutionary force, the only force which, far above all paltry political incidents, the vain agitation of despots, priests, sectarians and ambitious people of all kinds, works for the benefit of those who will come after us, and prepares the triumph of truth, justice and peace....
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola

Famous quotes with Sectarians

  • It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.
    Lionel Blue
  • So the majority of the highest classes of that age, even the popes and ecclesiastics, really believed in nothing at all. They did not believe in the Church doctrine, for they saw its insolvency; but neither could they follow Francis of Assisi, Kelchitsky, and most of the sectarians in acknowledging the moral, social teaching of Christ, for that undermined their social position. And so these people remained without any religious view of life. And, having none, they could have no standard with which to estimate what was good and what was bad art, but that of personal enjoyment.
    Leo Tolstoy

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