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bigotry

[big-uh-tree]

noun

plural

bigotries 
  1. stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.



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/ ˈɪɡəٰɪ /

noun

  1. the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bigotry1

First recorded in 1665–75; bigot + -ry, formation parallel to French bigoterie
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Instead, he’s weaponizing bigotry to remake the U.S. military as a scorched-earth, hetero-Christian outfit ready to stamp out liberal heretics here and abroad.

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“Trump’s use of prejudice and bigotry to bar people from entering the U.S. does not make us safer, it just divides us and weakens our global leadership.”

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“We have unfortunately been caught in a time when the peaceful interfaith voices have been washed over like a tsunami, leaving a vacuum that allows conflict overseas to generate bigotry and violence here,” he said.

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And at the same time, people are making do, particularly on the African continent, because they had already had a little taste of bigotry and exclusions more than a decade before.

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The court’s conservatives, all of whom were raised as Catholics, trace the history of opposition to “sectarian” schools to 19th century anti-Catholic “bigotry.”

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