sect
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a subdivision of a larger religious group
Types & categories
- organized religion
- sisterhood
- Albigenses
- High Church
- Abecedarian
- Amish sect
- Karaites
- Shiah
- Sunni Islam
- Shivaism
- Shaktism
- Vaishnavism
- Haredi
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Jainism
- Taoism
- Kokka Shinto
- Shuha Shinto
- brethren
- monastic order
- Religious Society of Friends
- Shakers
- Waldenses
- Zurvanism
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a dissenting clique
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sectarian |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sectarian |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | convent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organized religion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sisterhood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Albigenses |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | High Church |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Abecedarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Amish sect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Karaites |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shiah |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Sunni Islam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shivaism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shaktism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Vaishnavism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Haredi |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | International Society for Krishna Consciousness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jainism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Taoism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kokka Shinto |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shuha Shinto |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brethren |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monastic order |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Religious Society of Friends |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shakers |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Waldenses |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Zurvanism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissentious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clique |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splinter group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | left wing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | right wing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | old guard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pro-choice faction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pro-life faction |