sectarian difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsectariananddifference
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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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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofsectariananddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the majority of cases,sectariandifferencefollowed ethnic boundaries, making the two near impossible to differentiate.
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The one thing he professes to believe will not happen; the one thing which he pretends to wish will not happen, issectariandifference.
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Look for the reason, not to the religious difference or thesectariandifference; look simply to the fact that these children were brought up as babies to feel like this.
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Within families, sectarian differences are discussed with teasing and jokes.
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In their concluding remarks they show how schools and museums had initially provided shelter from the troubles, since most of the curricula did not touch on sectarian differences.
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Without that problem to contend with, there might be neither sectarianism nor political parties based on sectarian differences.
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The difficulties which he has outlined as confronting the new police forces in regard to sectarian differences are a figment of the imagination.
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It was a speech which, by dwelling on sectarian differences, is likely to make peace more difficult of attainment.
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At any rate, it is exactly the sort of speech, dwelling upon sectarian differences and all that sort of thing, which is likely to cause trouble.
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I say further that although there are sectarian differences among the religious communities, they would all be united in standing by a proposal of this kind.
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You have to look at the fact that these sectarian differences are still very bitter, and communal representation is the only possible way out of it.
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In many cases, they gather and worship together in spite of sectarian differences.
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The major challenges to be dealt with include the rising sectarian differences and inter-provincial harmony.
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