as in partisan
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 bigot
Fascists, Stalinists, racial supremacists, and bigots of all times and places typically endorse architectural canons—that one, or any other—for similar discriminatory purposes.
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Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
And that marketing falls apart when the person at the center of it is a racist bigot.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
December 17, 2024 The late photographer Peter Beard was a lot of things—a charmer, a scenester, a world-class beauty, a bigot, a brute, possibly one of the most influential artists of his era, and a terrific subject for a biography.
—Chris Wallace, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for bigot
Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
And that marketing falls apart when the person at the center of it is a racist bigot.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
December 17, 2024 The late photographer Peter Beard was a lot of things—a charmer, a scenester, a world-class beauty, a bigot, a brute, possibly one of the most influential artists of his era, and a terrific subject for a biography.
—Chris Wallace, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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The other choice is an extreme partisan, someone who is selling out to special interests, has a long history of doing that, and has now tied himself to Elon Musk.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Piazzale Loreto is where the body of dictator Benito Mussolini was strung and up stoned after his execution by Italian partisans.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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Sly had too generous a spirit to be a dogmatist.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Although not a dogmatist, Xi cares deeply about ideology and has even blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union in part on Moscow’s failure to ensure that people took Marxism-Leninism seriously.—
Joseph Torigian,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2024
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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigot. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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