as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices
an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years
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Recent Examples of bigot
John Wise, an openly anti-Chinese bigot and the collector of customs in San Francisco who controlled immigration into the port, wanted a test case that would deny U.S. citizenship to ethnic Chinese residents.
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Okay, so everyone who doesn’t believe in Scientology or points out its bad behavior is a bigot?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Regrettably, anyone who expressed even mild objections to DEI could be branded as a reprehensible bigot who needed immediate reeducation, thereby creating a demand for even more progressive-indoctrination sessions.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Okay, so everyone who doesn’t believe in Scientology or points out its bad behavior is a bigot?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Regrettably, anyone who expressed even mild objections to DEI could be branded as a reprehensible bigot who needed immediate reeducation, thereby creating a demand for even more progressive-indoctrination sessions.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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Podcasters, partisans, or anyone, really, can tell outrageous, incendiary lies about a candidate.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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Johnson, who has struggled with questioning from reporters at times, will need to maintain a strong front against antagonistic partisans on Capitol Hill.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 May 2015
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Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2023
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Although not a dogmatist, Xi cares deeply about ideology and has even blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union in part on Moscow’s failure to ensure that people took Marxism-Leninism seriously.—
Joseph Torigian,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2024
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While seeing themselves as the forces of enlightenment, these folks who use the prince of darkness as their mascot are really intolerant dogmatists.—
Timothy P. Carney,
Washington Examiner,
12 Jan. 2024
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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigot. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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