as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest
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Recent Examples of bigoted
Students were emboldened to make bigoted statements about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.
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Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
The priest, Kent, and his deputy find themselves in Anadarko, Okla., where female Marshall Mamie Fossett (Jennifer Carpenter) brings out Kent's bigoted side.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Russell, our soldier, is accustomed to casual affection between men — hand-holding, cuddling — that Caleb, in the 20th century, finds painfully revealing of queerness, and which might even be dangerous in a bigoted small town.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The push for restorative justice Leone came to The Sacramento Bee with her story over the summer after the newspaper reported that Luther Burbank High biology teacher Alex Nguyen administered a final exam with bigoted questions to his students.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
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Laura Wray-Lake, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
The priest, Kent, and his deputy find themselves in Anadarko, Okla., where female Marshall Mamie Fossett (Jennifer Carpenter) brings out Kent's bigoted side.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Russell, our soldier, is accustomed to casual affection between men — hand-holding, cuddling — that Caleb, in the 20th century, finds painfully revealing of queerness, and which might even be dangerous in a bigoted small town.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The push for restorative justice Leone came to The Sacramento Bee with her story over the summer after the newspaper reported that Luther Burbank High biology teacher Alex Nguyen administered a final exam with bigoted questions to his students.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigoted
Adjective
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The narrow five-game spread between the top and bottom performers illustrates the relative consistency in baseline predictive ability.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This would seemingly narrow season 4's destinations down to... Will There Be a Season 4 of The White Lotus?—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The plum political prize, of course, will be deciding how congressional districts are drawn, perhaps giving this parochial court a major say in which party—and its preferred Speaker—gets to run the U.S. House.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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There is nothing more parochial or bland than being a soft, white Anglican kid from Ottawa.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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There will be the usual provincial arguments about which league was actually the strongest.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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This year the rebels have made significant gains, including seizing the provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At its height, the nu-metal scene — dominated by cisgender white men— was seen as unforgiving, dangerous, and intolerant of women and people of color.—
Jessi Roti,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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But as the Modi government grew increasingly intolerant of any criticism or challenge, including from overseas, Indian laws that regulate the flow of foreign donor funds into domestic nonprofits grew more stringent and were applied more frequently.—
Anupreeta Das,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Take Stallone’s troubled Vietnam vet, Rambo, who hates prejudiced cops, duplicitous CIA agents and sadistic Soviet lieutenant colonels (not in that order).—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The 28-year-old from Vineland, New Jersey, took to social media and threw a prejudiced tantrum aimed at the entire country of Mexico.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Connecting the world did not, in fact, convert illiberal societies to liberalism.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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And that's why Trump and his administration would like to move other parts of the world, parts that are sort of reliably democratic in a more illiberal direction.—
Obed Manuel,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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Instead of articulating a compelling vision that could spark a broad-minded counterpunch to narrow-minded populism, Newsom has taken an oddly defeatist course in his first podcasts.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigoted. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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