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
As a result, the hardcore bigots are taking a victory lap.
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Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
As a Mother Jones dispatch details, several prominent bigots attended the event.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a bigot who tore down and discarded four religious Hindu flags hanging in front of a Queens home.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But as the kiss continues, Ellie closes her eyes and sinks into it — until Seth (Robert John Burke), the town bigot, orders them to quit making out in the middle of a family event.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
As a Mother Jones dispatch details, several prominent bigots attended the event.
—Seyward Darby, Vogue, 3 May 2025
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a bigot who tore down and discarded four religious Hindu flags hanging in front of a Queens home.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
But as the kiss continues, Ellie closes her eyes and sinks into it — until Seth (Robert John Burke), the town bigot, orders them to quit making out in the middle of a family event.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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The General Assembly passed another bill last year that made most municipal elections in Forsyth County partisan.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
2 July 2025
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Such actions can create the impression that the military is currently serving partisan, not national, interests.—
Time,
Time,
1 July 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
Noun
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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 21 Jul. 2025.
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