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bigot

bigot

117 7.1
A person who unfairly dislikes people from other groups
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪɡət/
  • Offensive
translation icon : intolerante
  • The way I see it, a bigot is a bigot, no matter what color he is.
  • call someone a bigot

Some let's just say bigots attacked him when he was young as well.

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Examples

  • I am not heartless; I am not a bigot; I not only tolerate but celebrate diversity.

    Blog text (2)
  • A bigot refuses to accept people who have different lifestyles or beliefs.

  • And my mother happens to be a bigot.

  • I am not a bigot.

  • If you don't speak up, it gives the message that you accept what the bigot said.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • People think I'm a bigot because I have certain friends they don't like.

  • Such views were held not only by common bigots but by opinion-makers as well.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Just because you're honest about being a bigot doesn't make it right to be a bigot.

    Blog text (2)
  • When they quietly objected, they were called bigots or sent to therapy by their school.

  • I'm a bigot.

How Intolerant

extremist
  • Literature
186 6.9
fanatic
57 5.1
bigot
  • Offensive
117 7.1
intolerant
64 4.6
prejudiced
24 5.0
biased
91 4.0

Surface Forms

bigot singular
bigots plural

Etymology

Bigot first named someone who pretended to be very religious in old French, and one popular story says it began as an insult linked to the phrase 'by God'. So today a bigot is a person who is closed-minded and unfair to people with different opinions.