as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
an ideological sectarianism that prevented the political party from ever being anything more than a fringe group
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Trump’s election — following campaign trail narratives about misogyny and bigotry — changed how the show was received.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025 -
Mulvaney is someone who lives authentically in the face of bigotry and stands in her truth, in spite of an onslaught of hate.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
22 May 2025
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For example, a person with strong justice, accountability, courage, drive, and integrity will need strength in dimensions such as temperance, humility, and humanity to exercise the necessary judgment, avoiding self-righteousness and dogmatism.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.—
Made by History,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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See a Specialist Food intolerances (difficulty digesting certain foods) and some gastrointestinal disorders may cause symptoms of poor gut health.—
Robert Burakoff,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2025
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Regarding Thursday's vote, the White House press secretary has said the president may be open to backing primary challengers against Republicans who opposed the bill, signaling a growing intolerance for dissent within the party.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Hazony’s main project, the National Conservatism conference, has served as a hub connecting various different strands of illiberalism to each other and to power.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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If so, or even if not, the results of illiberalism by governmental bodies on both sides of the Atlantic are clear for all to see.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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As Congress has been steadily torn apart by partisanship, it’s given up lots of its power over the past half-century and no longer seems to see itself as a coequal branch of government with the executive.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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The game, which originated in 1909, annually bills itself as an opportunity to display patriotic togetherness even in eras — like the current one — of extreme partisanship.—
Jeff Barker,
Baltimore Sun,
12 June 2025
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“Sectarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectarianism. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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