as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest
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Recent Examples of bigoted
In 2016, Trump, while running for President, was also suing a restaurateur for cutting ties over his bigoted comments about Mexican immigrants.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Doctor The rhetoric around Mamdani has been described as racist, bigoted and Islamophobic.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Anti-Islamophobia advocates called the bigoted attacks typical of what American Muslims in public life have come to expect.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
The blatantly bigoted decision will someday be overturned, but not without inflicting enormous pain in the interim.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Doctor The rhetoric around Mamdani has been described as racist, bigoted and Islamophobic.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Anti-Islamophobia advocates called the bigoted attacks typical of what American Muslims in public life have come to expect.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
The blatantly bigoted decision will someday be overturned, but not without inflicting enormous pain in the interim.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigoted
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They’re also made with arch support and a toe box that’s not too narrow or crammed, per the brand, plus the rubber sole offers a nice cushioned platform with each step.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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With Republicans holding only a narrow majority, the outcomes could shape the balance of power heading into 2026.—
Grace Sandman,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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This week, in parochial and Christian schools across Chicago and the suburbs, schoolchildren filed into pews with their classmates to observe church services ahead of the school day.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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Funded by political parties and subscribers, such papers were thoroughly partisan and parochial.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
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The trial also resulted in five other convictions of hospital and provincial health officials for concealment and omission-of-duty counts, the Buenos Aires Times and Chequeado reported.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Most of the injured were taken to Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre by air and land, a spokesperson for the provincial health organization Shared Health said in a statement to CNN.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The military that took over Burkina Faso in a 2022 coup has grown increasingly intolerant of dissent amid worsening Islamist militant violence in the West African country.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Slow Burn of Modern Taste Low-caf is not just a compromise for caffeine-intolerant souls.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Like almost every city in the South, Orlando was still struggling with its prejudiced past — damage that is still evident today in the city’s most impoverished neighborhoods, and in communities like Parramore where historic identity is threatened by dividing roads and gentrification.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 July 2025
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The co-defendants argued that keeping the trial in Nelson County would impede their rights to a fair and impartial trial because the publicity and news coverage the case has received could lead to a prejudiced jury pool.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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But Kennedy has already propagated an insidious revolution within the agencies under his control, using a playbook familiar to illiberal leaders—culling expertise, silencing critics, and weaponizing administrative procedure to grant a veneer of legitimacy to his actions.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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The trio – who had never appeared together in public before – formed the defiant face of an emerging bloc of illiberal leaders determined to push back against Western rules and tilt the global balance of power in their favor.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The deficient vice of being open-minded is being narrow-minded.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigoted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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