different between sectarianism vs multisectarian

English

Etymology

sectarian +? -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sek?te??i.?n?z?m/

Noun

sectarianism (countable and uncountable, plural sectarianisms)

1. Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.

   They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.

2. (politics) A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects

   In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.

Translations

Anagrams

• Americanists, Cartesianism

English

Alternative forms

• multi-sectarian

Etymology

multi- +? sectarian

Adjective

multisectarian (comparative more multisectarian, superlative most multisectarian)

1. Composed of multiple sects; pertaining to sectarianism regarding multiple sects.
   • 1972, Northern Ireland: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session, February 28 and 29 and March 1, 1972, publ. United States Congress, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., pg. 546:

     [...] and that from God springs the laws of morality (a simpler and better term than "religion" in these multisectarian days, when the term too often means a splitting of straws over the veriest trifles)

   • 1944, Ralph Barton Perry, Puritanism and Democracy, Vanguard Press, pg. 346:

     The political sequel to Separatism is the neutral state presiding over a multisectarian society.

   • 2008, Saree Makdisi, Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, W. W. Norton & Company, ?ISBN, pg. 196:

     Hundreds of Palestinians have been forced to leave — 10 percent of Bethlehem's Christian population has emigrated in the past few years alone, which has affected the multisectarian social fabric of the city where Christ was born.