sectarianism
/sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/noun
sectarianism is spelled S-E-C-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M: 12 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sectarianism means “Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sectarianism is sectarianisms.
How many letters and syllables are in sectarianism?
| Letters | 12: S-E-C-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sectarianism?
Sectarianism appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sectarianism?
- US /sɛkˈtɛɹ.i.ən.ɪz.əm/
Sectarianism has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-sectarianism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sectarianism?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sectarianism from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹiənɪzəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sectarianism
- sectarianisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sectarianism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
- 2
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sectarianism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sectarisme |
| German | Sektierertum |
| Spanish | sectarismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sectarianism come from?
From sectarian + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).