Bigot
noun
A person who strongly dislikes or refuses to accept people who are different from them, for example people of a different race, religion, or belief.
She considers her brother a bigot because he refuses to listen to any viewpoint different from his own.
Often appears as...
- religious bigot
- racial bigot
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Disapproving
noun
A person who strongly dislikes or refuses to accept people who are different from them, for example people of a different race, religion, or belief.
She considers her brother a bigot because he refuses to listen to any viewpoint different from his own.
Often appears as...
- religious bigot
- racial bigot
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to express disapproval and intolerance toward someone's opinions or beliefs.
His bigoted comments about the election were met with anger.
Pro Tip 2/3Claiming Superiority
'Bigot' often implies that someone believes their views are superior to others.
As a bigot, he could not accept that other cultures might have valid perspectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Unwilling to Change
A bigot is usually unwilling to consider changing their prejudiced views or behaviors.
Even after the seminar on equality, the bigot showed no signs of changing.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to express disapproval and intolerance toward someone's opinions or beliefs.
His bigoted comments about the election were met with anger.
Pro Tip 2/3Claiming Superiority
'Bigot' often implies that someone believes their views are superior to others.
As a bigot, he could not accept that other cultures might have valid perspectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Unwilling to Change
A bigot is usually unwilling to consider changing their prejudiced views or behaviors.
Even after the seminar on equality, the bigot showed no signs of changing.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Used to express disapproval and intolerance toward someone's opinions or beliefs.
His bigoted comments about the election were met with anger.
Pro Tip 2/3Claiming Superiority
'Bigot' often implies that someone believes their views are superior to others.
As a bigot, he could not accept that other cultures might have valid perspectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Unwilling to Change
A bigot is usually unwilling to consider changing their prejudiced views or behaviors.
Even after the seminar on equality, the bigot showed no signs of changing.
Compare with
dogmaticfanaticalintolerantopinionatedprejudiceracistsectarianuncompromising
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Political common ground...
How are any of us persuaded? Am I going to persuade you by saying, "Well, you're kind of a bigot, you're supporting bigotry, you're supporting sexism. You're a primitive, fascistic rise from some authoritarian past"? That's probably not going to be too persuasive to you. And so the way any of us are persuaded is
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The world's largest...
and millions of offspring. Number four, a kinder world. Now, I know that there are family feuds. I have three sons, so I see how they fight. But I think that there's also a human bias to treat your family a little better than strangers. I think this tree is going to be bad news for bigots,
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The electrifying...
where she spoke to bigoted audiences as the only Black woman in the crowd. Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking.
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I am the son of a...
was more than enough ammunition. So for the most part, I spent my time at home reading books and watching TV or playing video games. For those reasons, my social skills were lacking, to say the least, and growing up in a bigoted household, I wasn't prepared for the real world.
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The path to ending...
I'll protect you even more. The bigots? I'll protect even them." So we have this perverse incentive where union leadership ends up not really representing the values even of the rest of the union members. But they have massive, outsized negotiating power. So yes, engaging with
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The era of blind faith...
and there's competition, maybe the free market will solve this problem. It won't. There's a lot of money to be made in unfairness. Also, we're not economic rational agents. We all are biased. We're all racist and bigoted in ways that we wish we weren't,
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Inside the bizarre world...
Dumb skepticism. So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online, where some people see bigoted propaganda as being edgy or being dangerous and cool, and people see basic truth and human decency as pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling or just boring.
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Can democracy exist...
believe in complexity but not in a bigot as you have been told I'm Bulgarian and according to the surveys we among the most pessimistic people in the world The Economist magazine recently wrote an article covering one of the recent
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The press trampled on my...
might actually help save them. So beware of your inner bigot, and make friends from your enemies. Thank you.
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Brown Kiwi Mating...
love is in the air these birds are part of our bigoted group which means we can
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Political common ground...
How are any of us persuaded? Am I going to persuade you by saying, "Well, you're kind of a bigot, you're supporting bigotry, you're supporting sexism. You're a primitive, fascistic rise from some authoritarian past"? That's probably not going to be too persuasive to you. And so the way any of us are persuaded is
Video examples
The world's largest...
and millions of offspring. Number four, a kinder world. Now, I know that there are family feuds. I have three sons, so I see how they fight. But I think that there's also a human bias to treat your family a little better than strangers. I think this tree is going to be bad news for bigots,
Video examples
The electrifying...
where she spoke to bigoted audiences as the only Black woman in the crowd. Truth was confident God would protect her, but some crowds responded to her bravery with violence. During one of her sermons, a mob of white men threatened to set fire to the tent where she was speaking.
Video examples
I am the son of a...
was more than enough ammunition. So for the most part, I spent my time at home reading books and watching TV or playing video games. For those reasons, my social skills were lacking, to say the least, and growing up in a bigoted household, I wasn't prepared for the real world.
Video examples
The path to ending...
I'll protect you even more. The bigots? I'll protect even them." So we have this perverse incentive where union leadership ends up not really representing the values even of the rest of the union members. But they have massive, outsized negotiating power. So yes, engaging with
Video examples
The era of blind faith...
and there's competition, maybe the free market will solve this problem. It won't. There's a lot of money to be made in unfairness. Also, we're not economic rational agents. We all are biased. We're all racist and bigoted in ways that we wish we weren't,
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
Dumb skepticism. So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online, where some people see bigoted propaganda as being edgy or being dangerous and cool, and people see basic truth and human decency as pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling or just boring.
Video examples
Can democracy exist...
believe in complexity but not in a bigot as you have been told I'm Bulgarian and according to the surveys we among the most pessimistic people in the world The Economist magazine recently wrote an article covering one of the recent
Video examples
The press trampled on my...
might actually help save them. So beware of your inner bigot, and make friends from your enemies. Thank you.
Video examples
Brown Kiwi Mating...
love is in the air these birds are part of our bigoted group which means we can
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Juan Williams
American Journalist
Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR. I am a journalist, and NPR is an important platform for journalism.
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Julie Plec
American Producer
If the day-to-day culture is saying it's OK to not be inclusive or tolerant, that it's OK to be bigoted, then it's your responsibility to double down and make it OK in storytelling to be inclusive and tolerant.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.
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William Cowper
English Poet
Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Judith Tarr
American Author
The more facts one introduces, the more truth one shows, the more determined the bigot is to cling to his belief.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Don King
American Celebrity
There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
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Katherine Heigl
American Actress
The world is still very bigoted.
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Juan Williams
American Journalist
Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR. I am a journalist, and NPR is an important platform for journalism.
Quote examples
Julie Plec
American Producer
If the day-to-day culture is saying it's OK to not be inclusive or tolerant, that it's OK to be bigoted, then it's your responsibility to double down and make it OK in storytelling to be inclusive and tolerant.
Quote examples
Walt Whitman
American Poet
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
Quote examples
Tana French
Irish Novelist
Your character is always right. No real person thinks they're being stupid or misguided or bigoted or evil or just plain wrong - so your characters can't, either.
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William Cowper
English Poet
Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
Quote examples
Judith Tarr
American Author
The more facts one introduces, the more truth one shows, the more determined the bigot is to cling to his belief.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Don King
American Celebrity
There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.
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Katherine Heigl
American Actress
The world is still very bigoted.
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