bigotryn.
/ˈbɪɡətri/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡətri/ 1. The quality or condition of a bigot; obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, practice, faction, etc.; intolerance, prejudice.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > sectarianism > bigotry > [noun]
bigotry1616
bigotism1632
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [noun]
intoleration1611
bigotry1616
intolerancy1623
bigotism1632
intolerance1790
shut-mindedness1933
chauvinism1955
fascism1958
1616 P. Hay Vision Balaams Asse xv. 275 Your constant action of Christian vertues..bee much surer meanes to strengthen a good Religion, then Cloysterall bigottrie or contemplation.
a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Freewill (1961) 41 No manner of doubt may be raised in their minds against them, either by sophistical arguments or bigotry in religion.
1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. sig. B If we had not been Infatuated by Bigotry, and made Insolently Wanton by too much Prosperity.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 423 The present Duke was with more than ordinary Bigottry zealous in the Roman Religion.
1725 I. Watts Logick ii. iii. 323 Bigotry to our own Tenets.
1786 W. Cowper Let. 4–5 June (1981) II. 561 I could have hugged him for his liberality, and freedom from bigotry.
1792 Lady Wallace Let. to Capt. W. Wallace (ed. 2) 131 Bigotry, the natural produce of ignorance.
1800 T. Jefferson Let. 2 Feb. in Papers (2004) XXXI. 358 We see the bigotry of an Italian to the antient splendour of his country.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 406 The bigotry of Philip was met by a bigotry as merciless as his own.
1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. 236/1 It is these who let out the lodest yawps on the narrowness and bigotry of the country.
1995 Guardian 18 Aug. 14/5 The rabid bigotry of Hitler's soundbites.
2. As a count noun: an act, example, or kind of bigotry.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > bigotry, intolerance > [noun] > instance of
bigotry1680
1680 A. Littleton Serm. at Meeting Natives of Worcester sig. D1v I know the like Bigotries and Outrages are charged upon our Sectaries even at this time, and that with great vehemence.
1715 R. Bentley Serm. Popery 13 These Bigotries..were yet without any mixture of Craft and Knavery.
1747 J. Byrom Epist. to Friend 26 Not first the Saviour's Life and Words relate, And then go preach the Bigotries of State.
1796 C. Dickinson Trav. Cyllenius II. xviii. 13 The Inquisition waves her fiery brand; Outrageous bigotries all sense disgrace And lawless Viceroys thin the human race.
1859 H. A. Miles Thoughts from Writings Rev. W. E. Channing II. 195 There is also a ‘Nothingarian’ bigotry.
1939 A. H. Dakin Man Meas. iii. 96 Political fanatics whose conceits continually menace the world, suffer from a bigotry akin to that of the Inquisitors'.
2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Oct. 25 Why does the Left only believe in academic freedom when it suits their own bigotries?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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