Party and Sect

Party

Party noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.
Usage example: a small party got together to protest the new chairman's decision

Sect is a synonym for party in faction topic. In some cases you can use "Sect" instead a noun "Party", when it comes to topics like group supporting certain beliefs.

Nearby Words: partying, parti

Sect

Sect noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.
Usage example: one sect of medical researchers holds the minority view that the disease is not caused by that virus
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Synonyms for Sect

Party is a synonym for sect in group topic. You can use "Party" instead a noun "Sect", if it concerns topics such as school of thought.

Nearby Words: section, sectarian, sectary

How words are described

human human party human sect
current current party current sect
original original party original sect
small small party small sect
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, large, wrong, evil, main, new, defeated, unknown, radical, different, largest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Babette's Feast Cassandra Truth: Because the rest of the dinner party has sworn not to react or comment on the food (for fear this will lead to moral corruption as they are an ascetic sect), the General's attempts to explain the depth and rarity of the meal are treated as this.
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