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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La Foce, a beautiful estate owned by the Origo family, who cultivated the gardens and harbored partisans during the Second World War, is a 15-minute drive away.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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So what do those partisans want?—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Avid collectors, watchers of runways, and vintage fanatics, listen up.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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In the West Bank villages, however, extreme right-wing Jewish fanatics, many of them incredibly violent, see me as one of those evil weeds.—
Dahlia Krutkovich,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Bigots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigots. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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