sectarian

sectario, confesional

Relacionado con un grupo religioso concreto, especialmente con conflictos entre grupos religiosos.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with a particular religious group, especially disagreements between religious groups.

• Sectarian violence divided the city.
• The school tries to avoid sectarian divisions.
• Leaders met to discuss growing sectarian tensions.

Antónimos: nonsectarian

Expresiones frecuentes: sectarian violence, sectarian conflict, sectarian divisions

sectario, dogmático

Que defiende firmemente las ideas de un grupo y se niega a considerar otras opiniones.

En inglés sencillo: Strongly supporting one group's ideas and refusing to consider other views.

• The debate became increasingly sectarian.
• His sectarian loyalty prevented any compromise.
• They rejected the party's sectarian approach to economic policy.

Sinónimos: partisan, dogmatic

Antónimos: impartial

Expresiones frecuentes: sectarian politics, a sectarian approach, sectarian loyalty

intolerante, sectario

Que muestra una hostilidad injusta hacia personas de creencias o grupos distintos del suyo.

En inglés sencillo: Unfairly hostile to people whose beliefs or group are different from your own.

• He made a sectarian remark.
• Sectarian prejudice kept some families out of the club.
• They spoke against sectarian hatred in their community.

Sinónimos: bigoted, intolerant

Antónimos: tolerant

Expresiones frecuentes: sectarian prejudice, sectarian hatred, sectarian remarks

cerrado, estrecho de miras

Que solo se interesa por los asuntos de un grupo pequeño y rechaza ideas más amplias.

En inglés sencillo: Interested only in a small group's concerns and unwilling to consider wider ideas.

• Their outlook was deeply sectarian.
• She challenged the committee's sectarian view of culture.
• Such sectarian thinking leaves little room for new ideas.

Sinónimos: narrow-minded, parochial

Antónimos: open-minded, broad-minded

Expresiones frecuentes: a sectarian outlook, sectarian interests, a sectarian attitude

sectario

Persona que pertenece a un grupo religioso concreto, especialmente uno pequeño.

En inglés sencillo: A person who belongs to a particular religious group, especially a smaller one.

• He was a committed sectarian.
• The sectarians gathered for their weekly prayers.
• Each sectarian followed the rules of their own religious community.

Sinónimos: sect member

Expresiones frecuentes: a religious sectarian, a committed sectarian

intolerante, fanático

Persona que rechaza injustamente a quienes tienen creencias distintas y se niega a aceptarlos.

En inglés sencillo: A person who unfairly dislikes people with different beliefs and refuses to accept them.

• The speaker was a bitter sectarian.
• Sectarians refused to work with anyone outside their group.
• She challenged a sectarian who mocked other people's beliefs.

Sinónimos: bigot

Expresiones frecuentes: an intolerant sectarian, a bitter sectarian