bigotry

[ big-uh-tree ]

noun

, plural big·ot·ries.

1. stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.

   Synonyms: narrow-mindedness, discrimination, bias

2. the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.

ˈbigotry

/ ˈbɪɡətrɪ /

noun

1. the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigotry¹

First recorded in 1665–75; bigot + -ry, formation parallel to French bigoterie

Example Sentences

Perhaps most depressingly, what all these “Trump trades” show is that there is nothing too extreme for America’s plutocrats to abide—not an attempted coup, not open bigotry and baseless fearmongering, not convictions of sexual abuse, not even the country’s perceptions around the world.

From Slate

The hope was to get people to seriously ask if they are ready for another four years of endless paranoid bigotry.

From Salon

Green was keen to avoid charges of bigotry or racism.

From BBC

Ho has also boycotted clerks from Yale Law School over the institution’s alleged “cancel culture” and Columbia University for allegedly acting as an “incubator of bigotry” by allowing controversial pro-Gaza protests.

From Slate

They like the bluster and the imprecision; they like the bigotry and the transphobia; they like the obvious lies that flatter their own biases.

From Slate

Related Words

• bias
• discrimination
• fanaticism
• injustice
• racism
• sexism
• unfairness