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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 relates to divisions within a group based on differences of belief, often in a religious context.
- Secular refers to things that are not related to religion or spirituality.
- Remember that sectarian is about sectors or sections within a group, often leading to conflict.
- Secular can describe education, values, or societies that are non-religious.
- Use the sect in sectarian to remember it's about segments, usually within religions.
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