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 most heartbreaking toll that war, disease, greed, and bigotry, all of these things, the greatest toll comes to the children.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
The league has normalized anti-White bigotry both on the court and in the media.
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Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
His father, Claude Diridon, who worked in the railroad business in Dunsmuir when Rod was a boy, had changed his name from Claudius Diridoni because of bigotry in the industry.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
Just one quick perusal of Corrin’s Instagram comments reveals shocking bigotry.
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Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
The league has normalized anti-White bigotry both on the court and in the media.
—
Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
His father, Claude Diridon, who worked in the railroad business in Dunsmuir when Rod was a boy, had changed his name from Claudius Diridoni because of bigotry in the industry.
—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
Just one quick perusal of Corrin’s Instagram comments reveals shocking bigotry.
—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigotry
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Both are generally safe, although kefir may not be suitable for those with lactose intolerance or a milk allergy.
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Stories of vitality and decline; of abundance and deficit; of community and tension; of tolerance and intolerance.
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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
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The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning that Sorsby cannot simply refile the suit and resume his college eligibility battle.
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When authenticity becomes uncompromising, candor turns belligerent, consistency becomes rigid, or principled decision-making morphs into dogmatism, even the best intentions can backfire.
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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.
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An agent that knows us this well can draw on behavioral science—the same biases and triggers that have always influenced human decisions—to observe, understand, and either serve or manipulate us.
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At the same time, relying on intuition alone can introduce bias and blind spots.
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Orban and Putin once shared a close working relationship, grounded in energy deals and mutual illiberalism.
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Space warfare, cyber defense, mass migration, corruption, and illiberalism require fluency, adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.
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On Monday, Kiley called those results historical and a sign that voters in the district are rejecting partisanship.
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Club America would focus more on patriotism than on partisanship, encouraging students to put up flags and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
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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.
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“Bigotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigotry. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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