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Definition of bigot
: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
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Examples of bigot in a Sentence
“It's scandalous,” he said, in the tones once used by Colonel Blimp, Britain's best-loved bigot, who adorned the pages of the Evening Standard throughout the 1930s. —Nicholas Fraser, Harper's, September 1996
A bigot is a hater, she said. A bigot hates Catholics. A bigot hates Jews. … It's no sin to be poor, she said. It is a sin to be a bigot. Don't ever be one of them. —Pete Hamill, A Drinking Life, 1994
One had always to be mindful, moreover, that being a black scholar did not exempt one from the humiliations and indignities that a society with more than its share of bigots can heap upon a black person, regardless of education … —John Hope Franklin, “John Hope Franklin … ,” 1988, in Race and History, 1989
He was labeled a bigot after making some offensive comments.
an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years
Recent Examples of bigot from the Web
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Instead, while the population’s views are becoming more and more progressive, our governments are pandering to a handful of bigots.
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The piece culminated with a call to show indifference to the lives of bigots.
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Giving racist bigot this huge platform is nauseating.
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The Islamic society has said in court papers that it was targeted by bigots as the lengthy public hearing process played out.
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The Islamic society has said in court papers that it was targeted by bigots as the lengthy public hearing process played out.
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There was no question that the Bundys energized some devout bigots.
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As for Perriello’s desire to banish the bigots: Sorry, Tom.
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Being an awful bigot is not against law and neither is expressing it.
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Origin and Etymology of bigot
French, hypocrite, bigot
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: a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)
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: a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group
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