bigot

noun

ˈbi-gət How to pronounce bigot (audio)
Definition of bigotnext
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 However, Greenberg notes that Sartre’s real interest wasn’t in Jewish perspectives but in what makes a bigot. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026 The interview takes an unexpected turn, however, as the woman turns out to be a bigot. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026 Director and screenwriter Frank Perluso has signed on, along with Rourke, according to Hines, to make a film in which Rourke plays an aging bigot who reveals the unexpected vulnerability beneath his rough exterior, à la Gran Torino. — Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bigot
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  1. partisan
  2. fanatic
  3. sectarian
  4. dogmatist
Noun
  • Harald paid tribute to the Norwegian partisans who had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, helping to restore the memory of a segment of the population that had long been marginalized in the official narrative of the war.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of partisan
Noun
  • Adolf Hitler's army has been shattered, but thousands of Nazi fanatics are prepared to engage in an epic last stand.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As for enduring monuments, Elvis fanatics have Graceland, Beatles obsessives have Abbey Road, but Dolly?
    — Carlye Wisel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fanatic
Noun
  • The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
Definition of sectarian
Noun
  • Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Definition of dogmatist

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