bigoted
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bigoted
Synonyms
illiberal, intolerant, narrow, narrow-minded, prejudiced, small-minded
Antonyms
broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, tolerant, unprejudiced
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The document police believe the suspect wrote was posted on 8chan, an online messaging board full of racist, bigoted and anti-Semitic content. — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, "El Paso shooting suspect may face hate crime charge," 3 Aug. 2019 Over the past year, the president’s bigoted rhetoric and signaling escalated with barrages of tweets attacking congressional members of color and asylum seekers, which spurned debate in newsrooms over how to best articulate the meaning of his words. — Syreeta Mcfadden, The Atlantic, "What Toni Morrison Knew About Trump," 13 Aug. 2019 Before the couple split from Kate Middleton and Prince William's Kensington Palace account on Instagram, the palace was forced to heavily police its comments section, to combat hateful and bigoted messages. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Prince Harry and Jane Goodall Talk About Unconscious Racism in New Interview," 30 July 2019 When Tlaib spoke at a press conference with other Congressmen after visiting the centers, she was heckled by Trump supporters shouting at her with bigoted remarks about Tlaib's Muslim faith and Arab ethnicity. — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, "Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Migrants 'treated like cattle' in detention centers," 8 July 2019 The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday voted to remove an official from the city's Human Rights Commission over a series of bigoted social media posts that maligned immigrants, transgender people and Muslims. — Arnessa Garrett, Dallas News, "Bonnen apologizes but faces investigation, Trump lights up Joaquin Castro, Paxton joins sick leave lawsuit," 8 Aug. 2019 There’s no place for bigoted white supremacy in our nation. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, "After mass shootings, Denver police increase patrols at one Walmart, elected leaders push for solutions," 4 Aug. 2019 One thing that struck me about this audio was that on some of the Nixon tapes, Nixon is the one being racist or bigoted, and his underlings are fawningly trying to catch up to him, or echo him. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan’s Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon," 2 Aug. 2019 An analysis of bigoted speech on the website 4chan showed a surge, from fewer than 1 million comments in 2015 to roughly 5.5 million on the day of the 2016 presidential election, before tapering off to about 3.5 million last year. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: Experts worry killer fits pattern of hate, fueled online," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bigoted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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