verb
- to make sectarian; to divide along religious or ideological lines
Usage: third person singular present tense of sectarianize; formal
Examples
- The politician’s rhetoric sectarianizes the community along religious lines.
- This policy sectarianizes what should be a unified national effort.
- The conflict sectarianizes the region between different ethnic groups.
- His inflammatory speech sectarianizes the debate unnecessarily.
- The movement sectarianizes society by promoting exclusive ideologies.
- The leader’s approach sectarianizes rather than builds bridges.