as in partisans
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices
an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years
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Recent Examples of bigots
And she’s proved that even people who don’t see themselves as bigots will watch this content—and in some cases laugh along.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
The Muslim community in Dearborn, and indeed all Muslim communities across Michigan and the whole of our nation, will not be intimidated or baited by low-rent bigots.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
But there's also a lot of cultural, even racial baggage that comes with the term, which is partly why Christian conservatives largely view it as a slur to brandish all Christians as bigots.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Adam Sandler‘s joke in his SNL50 musical sketch about famous artists turning out to be antisemitic bigots struck a chord, thanks to its real-world parallels.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
And also fought so hard to protect equal rights for all from those bigots, out there in force, whose only goal is to take American’s equal rights away.
—Danielle Brisebois, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
The Muslim community in Dearborn, and indeed all Muslim communities across Michigan and the whole of our nation, will not be intimidated or baited by low-rent bigots.
—Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
But there's also a lot of cultural, even racial baggage that comes with the term, which is partly why Christian conservatives largely view it as a slur to brandish all Christians as bigots.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Adam Sandler‘s joke in his SNL50 musical sketch about famous artists turning out to be antisemitic bigots struck a chord, thanks to its real-world parallels.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
And also fought so hard to protect equal rights for all from those bigots, out there in force, whose only goal is to take American’s equal rights away.
—Danielle Brisebois, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigots
Noun
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So what do those partisans want?—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Millions of Democrats in Texas, Republicans in California and partisans in other states have been effectively disenfranchised, their voices rendered mute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If so, that advice was not followed by the pro-Khamenei fanatics who turned out thousands of Iranians to support their new leader, who could be taken out like his father was.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Pollen season is more than a nuisance for clean-car fanatics.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Bigots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigots. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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