What does bigotry mean?
Definitions for bigotry
ˈbɪg ə tribig·ot·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
bigotry, dogmatismnoun
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
Wiktionary
bigotrynoun
Intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan practiced extreme bigotry.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bigotrynoun
Etymology: from bigot.
Were it not for a bigotry to our own tenets, we could hardly imagine, that so many absurd, wicked, and bloody principles, should pretend to support themselves by the gospel. Isaac Watts.
Our silence makes our adversaries think we persist in those bigotries, which all good and sensible men despise. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
bigotry
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified, prejudiced distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, as well as other categories. Discrimination especially occurs when individuals or groups are unfairly treated in a way which is worse than other people are treated, on the basis of their actual or perceived membership in certain groups or social categories. It involves restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to members of another group.Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices and laws exist in many countries and institutions in all parts of the world, including territories where discrimination is generally looked down upon. In some places, attempts such as quotas have been used to benefit those who are believed to be current or past victims of discrimination. These attempts have often been met with controversy, and have sometimes been called reverse discrimination.
ChatGPT
bigotry
Bigotry is the intense or irrational dislike, hatred or intolerance towards individuals or groups based on perceived characteristics such as their race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. This is often characterized by prejudiced beliefs, stereotyping, discrimination, and the refusal to accept different views or beliefs.
Webster Dictionary
Bigotrynoun
the state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them
Bigotrynoun
the practice or tenets of a bigot
Wikidata
Bigotry
Bigotry is the state of mind of a bigot: someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats other people with hatred, contempt, and intolerance on the basis of a person's ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. described bigotry in the following quotation: "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract."
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bigotry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bigotry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of bigotry in a Sentence
We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence – on many sides, on many sides. This has been going on for a long time in our country.
As we reject the shameful message of bigotry in the op-ed, we invite you to stand with us on the right side of history, together, we will celebrate the remainder of Pride Month. And together, we will continue to build our community.
If you work for the state, and have felt comfortable being 'out' at work knowing you had protection from bigotry, that protection is gone.
While I understand that there are people who have differences of opinion with me on immigration reform, there is no justification, no reason, to resort to bigotry and xenophobia when we are talking about Mexicans or we are talking about Muslims, people can disagree about immigration reform, but in the year 2016, we will not allow the Trumps and others to divide us up and appeal to racism, which has done this country so much harm for so many years.
In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy, these sinister ideologies must be defeated.
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- تعصب أعمىArabic
- Fanatismus, BigotterieGerman
- intolerancia, discriminaciónSpanish
- تعصبPersian
- kiihkoilu, fanaattisuusFinnish
- bigoterieFrench
- dalm-bheachdScottish Gaelic
- कट्टरताHindi
- bigottismoItalian
- גזענותHebrew
- 偏見Japanese
- kwezelarij, bigotterieDutch
- preconceito, fanatismoPortuguese
- мракобесие, фанатизм, ханжество, нетерпимостьRussian
- mračnjaštvo, мрачњаштвоSerbo-Croatian
- bigotteriSwedish
- bağnazlıkTurkish
- 偏执Chinese
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