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
The right is being horrifyingly plain in bleating their bigotry, but they’re also lost in linguistic obscurities.
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Call it the bigotry of low geological expectations.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
No matter how far Fuentes pushes his bigotry, his influence continues to rise.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Call it the bigotry of low geological expectations.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
No matter how far Fuentes pushes his bigotry, his influence continues to rise.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigotry
Noun
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While the American College of Radiology now recommends annual MRI in addition to mammograms for women with dense breasts seeking supplemental screening, barriers to MRI use include lack of access, high-cost and patient intolerance, according to the authors.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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This powerful coming-of-age documentary profiles these remarkable teenagers while also depicting the everyday advocacy that empowers individuals and stands up to intolerance.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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That’s the bias, that’s the prejudice.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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Amidst the outbreak of the 1910 Manchurian Plague, a young Chinese doctor must defy prejudices of both the East and the West to champion his groundbreaking theory of the disease and seek the truth that will heal it.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 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 April, the foundation received a letter from 23 lawmakers about alleged antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, some politicians have accused the agency of political bias for its work helping states protect their voting infrastructure from cyberattacks and external influence.—
Richard Forno,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Over the past decade, as much of the world has become more chaotic and succumbed to nationalism, protectionism, and illiberalism, Japan has been a force for maintaining the stability of the international order.—
Mireya Solís,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 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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Trump takes shutdown politics to new levels of pain and partisanship.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Even in this time of hyper partisanship, Carr’s comments drew bipartisan ire.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Bigotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigotry. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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