| 单词 | nonsectarian |
| 释义 | nonsectarian (once / 81513 pages) adj You can describe something as nonsectarian if it's not connected or affiliated with any particular religious or political belief. A college is nonsectarian if it isn't associated with a religion or church, and a Sunday school class that teaches all religions is also nonsectarian. Something that's sectarian follows the rules of a particular group or sect, and it's the Latin word secta that's at the root of both sectarian and nonsectarian. The literal meaning of secta is "a way or a road," and its figurative meaning is "a following, school of thought, or religious group." WORD FAMILYsectarian: nonsectarian, sectarianism, sectarians, unsectarian+/intersect: intersected, intersecting, intersection, intersects/intersecting: nonintersecting/intersection: intersections/sect: intersect, sectarian, sectarist, sects/sectarianism: sectarianisms/sectarist: sectarists USAGE EXAMPLESTed Danson is Michael, the architect of this nonsectarian paradise who has no idea that he has made a mistake. New York Times(Sep 19, 2016) Two of the film’s most potently unguarded scenes involve the push-pull between his father’s born-again Christianity and his own nonsectarian spirituality. Los Angeles Times(Jul 28, 2016) But municipal elections are, at least in theory, supposed to be nonsectarian, giving an opening to Beirut, My City. New York Times(May 10, 2016) adj not restricted to one sect or school or party religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere nonsectarian colleges Syn|Ant unsectarian ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenic, oecumenical concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions interchurch, interdenominationaloccurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations nondenominationalnot restricted to a particular religious denomination undenominationalnot bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination sectarian belonging to or characteristic of a sect denominationaladhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination narrow-mindedrigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines |
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