Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.

    Bigotterie, Engstirnigkeit, Borniertheit

    фанати́змfanatízm, нетерпи́мостьneterpímostʹ, ха́нжествоxánžestvo

    the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

  2. (countable, dated, uncountable)Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Bigotry is often invisible to those who are not on the receiving end of it.

    Упередженість часто не видна тим, хто не є її жертвою. — deniko

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  2. We have zero tolerance for bigotry.

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  3. Internet comments are well known for being full of ignorance and bigotry.

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  4. The word "racism" is often used colloquially as a synonym of "bigotry".

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  5. In most cases, people who have experienced bigotry gravitate towards left-wing politics.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance:

Origin

From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry.

From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry.

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Forms

plural: bigotries
Singularbigotry
Pluralbigotries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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