sectarian

confessionnel, sectaire

Qui concerne un groupe religieux particulier, notamment les désaccords entre groupes religieux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Contraires : nonsectarian

Expressions courantes : sectarian violence, sectarian conflict, sectarian divisions

sectaire, dogmatique

Qui défend fermement les idées d’un groupe et refuse d’envisager d’autres opinions.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : partisan, dogmatic

Contraires : impartial

Expressions courantes : sectarian politics, a sectarian approach, sectarian loyalty

intolérant, sectaire

Qui manifeste une hostilité injuste envers les personnes ayant d’autres croyances ou appartenant à un autre groupe.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bigoted, intolerant

Contraires : tolerant

Expressions courantes : sectarian prejudice, sectarian hatred, sectarian remarks

étroit d'esprit, sectaire

Qui ne s’intéresse qu’aux préoccupations d’un petit groupe et refuse de voir plus largement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : narrow-minded, parochial

Contraires : open-minded, broad-minded

Expressions courantes : a sectarian outlook, sectarian interests, a sectarian attitude

sectaire, membre d'une secte

Personne appartenant à un groupe religieux particulier, notamment un petit groupe.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : sect member

Expressions courantes : a religious sectarian, a committed sectarian

sectaire, fanatique

Personne qui rejette injustement ceux qui ont d’autres croyances et refuse de les accepter.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bigot

Expressions courantes : an intolerant sectarian, a bitter sectarian