Definition of bigotnext
as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years

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Recent Examples of bigot However, Greenberg notes that Sartre’s real interest wasn’t in Jewish perspectives but in what makes a bigot. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026 The interview takes an unexpected turn, however, as the woman turns out to be a bigot. Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026 Director and screenwriter Frank Perluso has signed on, along with Rourke, according to Hines, to make a film in which Rourke plays an aging bigot who reveals the unexpected vulnerability beneath his rough exterior, à la Gran Torino. Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bigot
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Noun
  • This is what happens when the federal government becomes the plaything of a petty partisan gone mad.
    Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Such traits help elevate interactions with the natural world – and might do the same among neighbors, colleagues, and even political partisans.
    The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Tote bag fanatics are losing their minds over Lululemon's new release.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The $300 price tag won’t scare off the most intense Star Wars fanatics.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Although not a dogmatist, Xi cares deeply about ideology and has even blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union in part on Moscow’s failure to ensure that people took Marxism-Leninism seriously.
    Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024

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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigot. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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