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
No matter how far Fuentes pushes his bigotry, his influence continues to rise.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Charles Trumbo Hernaiz further noted that accusations of bigotry and warnings of Project 2025 failed to capture the mind of voters.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Across Florida, cities and counties, even local school boards, have taken a strong stance against bigotry and hate, no matter who is targeted.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The main hurdle the prosecution faces is convincing the jury that he was primarily motivated not by opposition to Israel, the country, but by religious bigotry.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Charles Trumbo Hernaiz further noted that accusations of bigotry and warnings of Project 2025 failed to capture the mind of voters.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Across Florida, cities and counties, even local school boards, have taken a strong stance against bigotry and hate, no matter who is targeted.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
The main hurdle the prosecution faces is convincing the jury that he was primarily motivated not by opposition to Israel, the country, but by religious bigotry.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigotry
Noun
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The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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The state alleges Alam intentionally selected the church primarily because of his bias or prejudice against the state of Israel or the Jewish faith.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the India of the Cold War, which remained robustly liberal even when underperforming economically, India today, despite being more economically successful, has been markedly tainted by illiberalism and authoritarianism.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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If so, or even if not, the results of illiberalism by governmental bodies on both sides of the Atlantic are clear for all to see.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The film looks at the key role of political cartoons in global democracies, the decline of the profession amid a newspaper industry meltdown and the effects of extreme political partisanship on media and editorial cartooning.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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In a statement to CNN, Andrew Nixon, Director of Communications for HHS, said the states moves away from CDC guidance were based on partisanship, rather than science.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Bigotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigotry. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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