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
Fishback’s rhetoric couches religious bigotry in the language of economic populism.
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Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
One on antisemitism and hatred and bigotry, and on that, that’s a black and white issue.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
The elevation of mediocre texts has the advantage of continuing a conversation, at least, while the banning of texts, in its shadow-play projection of crude bigotries onto a public stage, furthers repressive silence.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The world has devolved into the worst-case scenario of oppression, bigotry and hatred.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
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Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
One on antisemitism and hatred and bigotry, and on that, that’s a black and white issue.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
The elevation of mediocre texts has the advantage of continuing a conversation, at least, while the banning of texts, in its shadow-play projection of crude bigotries onto a public stage, furthers repressive silence.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The world has devolved into the worst-case scenario of oppression, bigotry and hatred.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigotry
Noun
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Lactose intolerance, which prevents your small intestine from producing enough lactase, an enzyme needed to digest lactose, a sugar naturally found in dairy products.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
11 Mar. 2026
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Your choice of milk depends on your nutritional needs, allergies, intolerances, and dietary preferences.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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Either way, the distinct cultural disconnect between Wright’s art praxis and police officers’ prejudices leads to profound misunderstandings.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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Along with the restaurant group, its executive Lesa Sorrentino and alleged investor Denis Stavinoha were dismissed with prejudice.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
18 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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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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At American firms, accent bias can quietly shape whose ideas gain traction at work by depressing attention and engagement for speakers with nonnative English accents.—
Aliah Zewail,
Harvard Business Review,
17 Mar. 2026
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As the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan has written, the Oscars’ infamous bias against young men is essentially a bias against heartthrobs — the more an actor appeals to young women, the more likely the largely male, largely middle-aged membership of the Academy is to write him off as a lightweight.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 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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Beyond the artificial perimeter of the Studio Zone, the country itself has been no less turbulent — fractured by partisanship, fighting over immigration and staring down the prospect of another endless war in the Middle East.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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From start to finish, ugly hyper-partisanship was on full display.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Bigotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigotry. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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