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Sectarian vs. Secular
Sectarian
/sekˈteəriən/Examples:
The committee dissolved due to sectarian tensions.She opposes sectarian bias in community projects.Efforts to resolve the sectarian disputes remain ongoing.
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Secular
/ˈsekjələ/Examples:
The festival included both sacred and secular music genres.His views were more secular than her deeply religious beliefs.A secular government doesn't endorse any specific religion.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Sectarian and secular can be remembered as opposites, one is linked to religion and the other to the separation from it.
- Remember sectarian has sect in it, which refers to religious factions or sects.
- Secular sounds like separate, which can help you recall that it refers to separation from religious influence.
- Sectarian involves allegiance to a particular sect or denomination, commonly with a focus on religious aspects.
- Secular is often used in contexts where non-religious or worldly matters are being discussed.
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