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English
Etymology
From ethno- + sectarian.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ethnosectarian (comparative more ethnosectarian, superlative most ethnosectarian)
- Being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.
1977, Michael C. Hudson, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 79:Since it is clear that no amount of modernization is likely to eliminate (through total assimilation) minority solidarity groups, the possibility for ethnosectarian conflict remains a constant danger should the conflict-precipitating circumstances arise.
- 1987, M. Jamil Hanifi, "Rejoinder to Ahmed," American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Jun., 1987), pg. 453:
- The political and economic history (especially post-Islamic) of Southwest, Central, and South Asia is marked by episodic ethnosectarian persecutions and massive forced and voluntary movements of the various population groupings.
2002, Peter Shirlow, “Sinn Féin: Beyond; within Containment” (chapter 4), in Stefan Wolff, Jörg Neuheiser, editors, Peace at Last?: The Impact of the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 62:Moreover, language, discourse, and dialogue, their definition and mobilisation, create chains of equivalence which enclose subjects within not only ethnosectarian but at times entirely self-referential and self-sustained notions of identity, practice and collective devotion.
2004 April 19, Dan Murphy, “Iraq violence gives UN new clout”, in Christian Science Monitor:"What Iraq needs is leaders who have deep roots here, who have proven themselves to be effective and trusted by the Iraqi public," says Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar, a Governing Council member who represents a large tribal confederation. "The most important thing that should happen is we should stop looking at Iraq through this ethnosectarian lens."