sectarian
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That has put pressure on Lebanon’s delicate sectarian balance, with some communities expelling the displaced Shiites or not allowing them to come in the first place for fear of being targeted by Israel.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
President Aoun, a former army chief, had ruled out using force, warning that this could exacerbate sectarian divisions and lead to violence.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Lebanon has been mired in conflicts and crises for decades, the worst of which was the 15-year civil war that erupted in 1975 and which divided the country into warring sectarian fiefdoms.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Iraq was a state with deep sectarian divisions that was largely dominated by a single dictator: Saddam Hussein.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
I ask my fellow-workers at the factory; they know nothing and think I am talking of some crazy Yomesh sectarian.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing sectarian
Power Suffix: -arian
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"Ideas Live On" by Benazir Bhutto (2007)
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