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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The audience ratings are far lower, a combination of disappointed Star Wars purists, bigots, and probably a few trolls.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 July 2024
The leaders of the powerful libertarian streak that runs through mainstream American conservatism, from Goldwater, through Reagan, down to the present, always seem to wink at the bigots.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Spin doctors are not new to presidential debates, but with fewer people having seen the full event in context, there will be more opportunity for selectively editing clips by the right to make Biden appear dazed and confused or by the left to show Trump as a bigot and a bully.
—Susan Fillippeli, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Moore remembered telling her son to ignore the harassment by bigots at school.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, USA TODAY, 27 May 2024
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 July 2024
The leaders of the powerful libertarian streak that runs through mainstream American conservatism, from Goldwater, through Reagan, down to the present, always seem to wink at the bigots.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Spin doctors are not new to presidential debates, but with fewer people having seen the full event in context, there will be more opportunity for selectively editing clips by the right to make Biden appear dazed and confused or by the left to show Trump as a bigot and a bully.
—Susan Fillippeli, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Moore remembered telling her son to ignore the harassment by bigots at school.
—Rae Ellen Bichell, USA TODAY, 27 May 2024
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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigot. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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