ethnosectarian

English

Etymology

ethno- +‎ sectarian

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛθnə(ʊ)sɛkˈtɛəɹɪən/

Adjective

ethnosectarian (comparative more ethnosectarian, superlative most ethnosectarian)

1. 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."

   • 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:

     Given that military intervention has deepened rather than weakened ethnosectarian divisions, the intriguing question becomes whether that was the game plan all along.