Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The attitude, state of mind, or behavior characteristic of a bigot; intolerance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or mode of thought of a bigot; obstinate and unreasonable attachment to a particular creed, opinion, practice, ritual, or party organization; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion; intolerance of the opinions of others.
- noun Synonyms Credulity, Fanaticism, etc. (see
superstition) , narrow-mindedness, prejudice, intolerance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.
- noun The practice or tenets of a bigot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Intolerance orprejudice , especiallyreligious orracial ;discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of abigot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is there such a thing as mocking that does not deserve the label bigotry?
The slow-motion non-firing continues. Ann Althouse 2007
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Is there such a thing as mocking that does not deserve the label bigotry?
The slow-motion non-firing continues. Ann Althouse 2007
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It makes it sound as if these are violent attacks, rather than attempts to get legislation passed to ban CPCs. liberals don't know what the term bigotry means.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jpatt 2010
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It makes it sound as if these are violent attacks, rather than attempts to get legislation passed to ban CPCs. liberals don't know what the term bigotry means.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jpatt 2010
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Both are bad, but don't confuse one with another: liberals don't know what the term bigotry means.
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Both are bad, but don't confuse one with another: liberals don't know what the term bigotry means.
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It does not matter what one calls bigotry aimed at Jews.
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It does not matter what one calls bigotry aimed at Muslims.
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It does not matter what one calls bigotry aimed at Jews.
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It does not matter what one calls bigotry aimed at Muslims.
yarb commented on the word bigotry
The hours wore on;--Ahab now shut up within his cabin; anon, pacing the deck, with the same intense bigotry of purpose in his aspect.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 36
July 25, 2008