Denomination vs Sectarianism - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) The act of naming]] or [[designate, designating.
(countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
(countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious sub-goup; as, a religious denomination.
(countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc
:: What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
Rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination.
As nouns the difference between denomination and sectarianism
is that denomination is (uncountable) the act of naming]] or [[designate|designating while sectarianism is rigid adherence to a particular sect, party or denomination.denomination
English
(wikipedia denomination)Noun
- She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
Derived terms
* denominationalismSee also
* name * appellation * titleExternal links
* *sectarianism
English
(wikipedia sectarianism)Noun
(en noun)- They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.