as in intolerance
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
a deeply ingrained bigotry prevented her from even considering the counterarguments
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Recent Examples of bigotry
Greenberg suggests this remains a useful lens for looking at bigotry today.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026
But the Ohio gubernatorial candidate who clinched his party’s nomination this week alluded to bigotry on the right in his opening message to a town hall full of young Republicans.
—Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
The Appellate Court, however, affirmed his conviction on pleas of guilty of second-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree threatening and third-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Smaller instances of religious bigotry abounded as well.
—David Mislin, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026
But the Ohio gubernatorial candidate who clinched his party’s nomination this week alluded to bigotry on the right in his opening message to a town hall full of young Republicans.
—Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 8 May 2026
The Appellate Court, however, affirmed his conviction on pleas of guilty of second-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree threatening and third-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Smaller instances of religious bigotry abounded as well.
—David Mislin, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigotry
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Goodson says that individuals with histamine intolerance may experience symptoms like headaches or digestive discomfort when consuming fermented foods, as these products can be naturally high in histamines.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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This is just another clear indication of the intolerance and hypocritical nature of the left.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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The suit was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice in February 2025, and both men denied the allegations.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
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So the researchers set out to examine how self-narratives could counteract prior experiences of prejudice.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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By staying so close to black metal’s core sound, Marchenko does more to undermine the dogmatism—both racial and aesthetic—of Vikernes and his ilk than a more obviously experimental project might.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
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But for the audience the scariest revelation in the conversation isn’t his dogmatism.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The growing use of facial recognition has broadened concerns about accuracy and bias.—
Vijayan Asari,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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Research highlighted by Harvard Business Review found that workplace bias frequently shapes how women’s competence and authority are perceived throughout their careers.—
Kelly Ehlers,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
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Orban and Putin once shared a close working relationship, grounded in energy deals and mutual illiberalism.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Space warfare, cyber defense, mass migration, corruption, and illiberalism require fluency, adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The judge said the plaintiffs hadn’t shown their claims of partisanship are likely to succeed.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The judge said the plaintiffs hadn't shown their claims of partisanship are likely to succeed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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The show gestures at the classic targets of old-timey sexism, small-mindedness, and nativism—much of it embodied by Gasteyer’s scheming character—but only in the safest possible ways.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Bigotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigotry. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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