Dictionary

ethnosectarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɛθnə(ʊ)sɛkˈtɛəɹɪən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English sectarian English ethnosectarian From ethno- + sectarian.

Meanings

1. Being both sectarian and specific to ethnic identities.
   • "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." 2004 April 19, Dan Murphy, “Iraq violence gives UN new clout”, in Christian Science Monitor:
   • Given that military intervention has deepened rather than weakened ethnosectarian divisions, the intriguing question becomes whether that was the game plan all along. 2006 December, Ray Taras, “The (Il)logic of intervention in Iraq: sectarianism, civil war, and the U.S. game plan”, in International Journal on World Peace, volume 23, number 4, pages 33–60:
   • 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. 1987, M. Jamil Hanifi, "Rejoinder to Ahmed," American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Jun., 1987), pg. 453
   • 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. 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:
   • 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. 1977, Michael C. Hudson, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 79:

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Deriveds

ethnosectarianism