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
His sermons against The Other sparked fear and fury, providing fertile ground for Trump’s brand of politics and plenty of fodder for critics who branded either of them as bigots.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The episode also takes aim at conservative podcast culture with a storyline involving a fourth grader named Clyde who finds fame as a White nationalist podcaster, which enrages Eric Cartman, who is the show’s resident bigot.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The fact that Woke America’s response to the ads are gaining little traction beyond far left, elite circles is proof that our culture is not interested in adopting ideas and arguments that make little sense and call most of society bigots.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
Very real concerns about the political direction of the country and the emboldening of bigots are reduced to: Democrats are triggered by cleavage.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The episode also takes aim at conservative podcast culture with a storyline involving a fourth grader named Clyde who finds fame as a White nationalist podcaster, which enrages Eric Cartman, who is the show’s resident bigot.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The fact that Woke America’s response to the ads are gaining little traction beyond far left, elite circles is proof that our culture is not interested in adopting ideas and arguments that make little sense and call most of society bigots.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
Very real concerns about the political direction of the country and the emboldening of bigots are reduced to: Democrats are triggered by cleavage.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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Beloved by liberal partisans and loathed by their counterparts, Pelosi was one of the last engineers of an old-school political machine that could count votes better than anyone in a generation.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This album was so traumatizing for teenage Clash fanatics like me.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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Coral fanatics will love visiting Negril, home to mountainous coral mounds and ethereal swim-through caves where green and red soft corals hang down like mystical fingers.—
Adrienne Jordan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 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 27 Nov. 2025.
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