sectarian

settario, confessionale

Relativo a un particolare gruppo religioso, soprattutto ai contrasti fra gruppi religiosi.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Contrari: nonsectarian

Espressioni comuni: sectarian violence, sectarian conflict, sectarian divisions

settario, dogmatico

Che sostiene rigidamente le idee di un gruppo e rifiuta di considerare altri punti di vista.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: partisan, dogmatic

Contrari: impartial

Espressioni comuni: sectarian politics, a sectarian approach, sectarian loyalty

intollerante, settario

Che mostra ostilità ingiusta verso persone con credenze diverse o appartenenti a un altro gruppo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bigoted, intolerant

Contrari: tolerant

Espressioni comuni: sectarian prejudice, sectarian hatred, sectarian remarks

di mentalità ristretta, settario

Che si interessa solo alle questioni di un piccolo gruppo e non considera idee più ampie.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: narrow-minded, parochial

Contrari: open-minded, broad-minded

Espressioni comuni: a sectarian outlook, sectarian interests, a sectarian attitude

settario

Persona appartenente a un particolare gruppo religioso, soprattutto di piccole dimensioni.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: sect member

Espressioni comuni: a religious sectarian, a committed sectarian

fanatico, settario

Persona che prova avversione ingiusta per chi ha credenze diverse e rifiuta di accettarlo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bigot

Espressioni comuni: an intolerant sectarian, a bitter sectarian