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
Tanenhaus dwells on the bigoted views of Buckley’s father and Buckley’s editorials in the 1950s favoring segregation.
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The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2025
Last month, lawmakers and Jewish groups criticized Wilson for her history of antisemitic, bigoted social media posts and public commentary before joining the Trump administration.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2025
Despite this ostensible colonization of trans bodies, Céspedes trains his camera on the inherent humanity of all his subjects, including his most bigoted aggressors.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 May 2025
Attempting to smear the DNI as being in a cult is bigoted behavior.
—Tim Marchman, Wired News, 6 May 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 2 June 2025
Last month, lawmakers and Jewish groups criticized Wilson for her history of antisemitic, bigoted social media posts and public commentary before joining the Trump administration.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2025
Despite this ostensible colonization of trans bodies, Céspedes trains his camera on the inherent humanity of all his subjects, including his most bigoted aggressors.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 May 2025
Attempting to smear the DNI as being in a cult is bigoted behavior.
—Tim Marchman, Wired News, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigoted
Adjective
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The 2026 battle for the Senate Republicans currently control the U.S. Senate 53-47, a narrow majority that has nonetheless helped shepherd GOP priorities through Congress along party lines.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Because the vehicle is so narrow, and because it would be classed as a motorcycle in most markets, Scholten envisions it being used to beat traffic congestion via lane-splitting (traveling between lanes of slow-moving or stopped traffic moving in the same direction).—
Ben Coxworth
July 11,
New Atlas,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Brian Colbert ran on a parochial platform focused on garden-variety local issues.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In his quest for a definitive biography of Joyce as a cosmopolitan artist, above the parochial fray, Ellmann downplayed Joyce’s interest in politics.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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But in addition to the provincial capitals of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón de la Plana, and the pretty little beach towns along the Costa Blanca, Valencia is also home to thousands of farms.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke recently about plans to speed up construction on one of his country's dams, and invited provincial discussions on how to increase the country's water storage capacity after India suspended the treaty.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Many of the asylum-seekers are Christians who fled Iran and its intolerant views toward non-Muslim religions.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
26 June 2025
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Plants are intolerant of dry summer soil, making summer a stressful time for planting.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
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Survey after survey shows that those who engage in remembrance are less likely to hold prejudiced views toward Jews and other groups, Mr. Walter says.—
Mark Sappenfield,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 May 2025
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is back in business in Texas after the state removed it from a blacklist of financial firms that Republican officials deemed to be prejudiced against the oil and gas industry.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The question of whether India will be an illiberal great power thus remains open.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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At least since 2012, Putin has sought to build and enforce a dominant ideology built on illiberal values and historical revisionism.—
ANDREI YAKOVLEV,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025
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That is something that has always struck me as strange and narrow-minded.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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The inherent orthodoxy of his premise excluded all other alternatives to narrow-minded rationalism and its ethical constraints.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigoted. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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