Thesaurus results for SECT

sect

noun

ˈsekt

as in faction

a group of people acting together within a larger group one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus

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Recent Examples of sect This, perhaps, is why only 0.3 percent of all materials annually consumed by the sect are from recycled sources, as reported by the Circle Economy. —

Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2025 The list of grievances appears endless against Syria’s Alawite community, a minority sect of roughly 13% of the population, and to which Mr. Assad and many high-ranking former regime figures belong. —

Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025 Peasant sects promoted exotic beliefs and practices, including anti-materialism, self-flagellation, and self-castration. —

Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025 Many members of the sect contend that they, too, were oppressed under the dictatorship, just like other Syrians. —

Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sect

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The Syrian army is still being cobbled from various armed factions and is still a work in progress.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
Where Brits feel like suspicious maniacs—one of the most rewarding things about UK Traits is seeing relatively clever people so certain in their wrongness—Americans are lambs to the slaughter, bound up in factions blind to internal threats.

— Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025