Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
[disapproval]
He deplored religious bigotry.
Synonyms: intolerance, discrimination, racism, prejudice More Synonyms of bigotry
bigotry in British English
(ˈbɪɡətrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
bigotry in American English
(ˈbɪgətri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈbigotries
the behavior, attitude, or beliefs of a bigot; intolerance; prejudice
Word origin
Fr bigoterie
Examples of 'bigotry' in a sentence
bigotry
The real reason is religious bigotry that continues to exist between the clubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They seem convinced that we must be preaching some form of intolerance or bigotry.
Christianity Today (2000)
He preached intolerance, bigotry and hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Ballet lovers welcomed the news, but some commentators persisted in accusing the opera house of bigotry and prejudice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry,' he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The more oxygen they are given to publicise their views, the more the British people will choke on their bigotry and hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Quotations
Bigotry may roughly be defined as the anger of men who have no opinionsG.K. ChestertonHeretics
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand With a grip that kills itRabindranath TagoreFireflies
In other languages
bigotry
British English: bigotry NOUN
Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
He deplored any kind of bigotry.
American English: bigotry
Brazilian Portuguese: intolerância
Chinese: 偏执态度
European Spanish: fanatismo
French: fanatisme
German: eifernde Borniertheit
Italian: intransigenza
Japanese: 偏狭
Korean: 편협함
European Portuguese: intolerância
Latin American Spanish: fanatismo
(noun)
He deplored religious bigotry.
Synonyms
intolerance
an act of religious intolerance
discrimination
measures to counteract discrimination
racism
The party is pandering to racism.
prejudice
a victim of racial prejudice
bias
There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias.
ignorance
injustice
They will continue to fight injustice.
sexism
unfairness
xenophobia
a wave of xenophobia
chauvinism
fanaticism
sectarianism
jingoism
an outpouring of militaristic jingoism
racialism
dogmatism
faith hate
provincialism
narrow-mindedness
mindlessness
pig-ignorance (slang)
illiberality
Opposites
tolerance
,
forbearance
,
permissiveness
,
open-mindedness
,
broad-mindedness
Quotations
Bigotry may roughly be defined as the anger of men who have no opinions [G.K. Chesterton – Heretics]Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand With a grip that kills it [Rabindranath Tagore – Fireflies]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bias
Definition
mental tendency, esp. prejudice
There were fierce attacks on the BBC for alleged political bias.
Synonyms
prejudice,
leaning,
bent,
tendency,
inclination,
penchant,
intolerance,
bigotry,
propensity,
favouritism,
predisposition,
nepotism,
unfairness,
predilection,
proclivity (formal),
partiality,
narrow-mindedness,
proneness,
one-sidedness
in the sense of discrimination
Definition
unfair treatment of a person, racial group, or minority