sectarian conflict

collocation in English

meaningsofsectarianandconflict

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sectarian
adjective
uk
/sekˈteə.ri.ən/
us
/sekˈter.i.ən/
caused by or feeling very strong support for the religious or political group that you are a member of, in a way that can cause problems with ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/
us
/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofsectarianandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsectarian conflict

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In this discourse women may symbolise a desirable, alternative future that is withoutsectarianconflict.
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The social and economic contexts in whichsectarianconflicttakes place can, and often do, differ from one region to another.
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It was the view of the security forces that such action would undoubtedly have led immediately tosectarianconflict.
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We all hope to avoid any recurrence of thesectarianconflictor denominational bitterness which prevailed some forty years ago.
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In the early days of the emergency, the starkest feature was thesectarianconflictand large-scale rioting in the streets.
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In seeking to improve it further we must do all we can to avoid the slightest risk of throwing education back once again into the turmoil ofsectarianconflict.
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The policing of marches and parades on the present scale places a heavy burden on the police and in some cases, not all, can provokesectarianconflict.
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This post, which had been under continuous attack for the previous three days, is in an inter-face position and, therefore, important as a means of preventingsectarianconflict.
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This post, which had been under continuous attacks for the previous three days, is in an inter-face position and therefore important as a means of preventingsectarianconflict.
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One of the most tragic effects of fear engendered bysectarianconflicthas been the drawing together of people into clearly defined housing areas for their own mutual protection.
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This system is intended to detersectarianconflictand attempts to fairly represent the demographic distribution of the 18 recognized religious groups in government.
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Various insurgencies began to plague the country and ethnic divisions were again causingsectarianconflict.
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Throughout the campaign there were unsuccessful efforts to find a compromise candidate, in order to avoid furthersectarianconflict.
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Pierce never lost sight of politics during his travels, commenting regularly on the nation's growingsectarianconflict.
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Karachi's modern history is thus marked by an apparent economic success mitigated by violent ethnic and, more recently, sectarian conflicts.
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This model was proposed to counteract sectarian conflicts developing to the east in their post-secondary systems.
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