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
Whether on purpose or by accident, Grok has been instructed or trained to reflect the style and rhetoric of a virulent bigot.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Over the years, many Americans who failed to bow a knee to any tenant of progressive theology have been labeled everything from Nazi fascists to bigots and haters of every shape and size.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025
As a result, the hardcore bigots are taking a victory lap.
—Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
As a Mother Jones dispatch details, several prominent bigots attended the event.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Over the years, many Americans who failed to bow a knee to any tenant of progressive theology have been labeled everything from Nazi fascists to bigots and haters of every shape and size.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025
As a result, the hardcore bigots are taking a victory lap.
—Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
As a Mother Jones dispatch details, several prominent bigots attended the event.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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During World War II, the song was transformed by Italian partisans into an anti-fascist anthem.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Albert Rowuin, who lives in Orange County, is a hardcore partisan.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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Sly had too generous a spirit to be a dogmatist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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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 13 Sep. 2025.
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