Usually means: Islamic sect, primarily in Syria.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Alawite)

▸ noun:  (Islam) A member of a mystical Shiite Islamic group that reveres Ali.
▸ noun:  A person raised in the Alawite culture.

Similar:
Alawi, Alevite, Alid, Mutawali, Wahhabite, Shi'a, Shia, Alawitism, Shiite, Mutawālī, more...

Opposite:
non-Alawite, Sunni, Shia, Druze, Christian

Phrases:
Alawite State, more...

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Similar:
Alawi, Alevite, Alid, Mutawali, Wahhabite, Shi'a, Shia, Alawitism, Shiite, Mutawālī, more...

Opposite:
non-Alawite, Sunni, Shia, Druze, Christian

Phrases:
Alawite State, more...



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