Synonyms for bigotry
ˈbɪg ə tribig·ot·ry

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1. bigotry

   Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

   Synonyms:
   credulity, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition

   Antonyms:
   cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

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1. bigotry

   Synonyms:
   prejudice, pharisaism, obstinacy, credulity, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition

   Antonyms:
   liberality, charity, enlightenment, toleration, eclecticism, latitudinarianism

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1. bigotry, dogmatismnoun

   the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

   Synonyms:
   dogmatism

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1. • Intolerance

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1. bigotrynoun

   Synonyms:
   prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal

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1. bigotrynoun

   Synonyms:
   intolerance, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness

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1. List of paraphrases for "bigotry":

   fanaticism, intolerance, sectarianism, narrow-mindedness, prejudice, obscurantism, bias

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1. Walter Scott:

   The question we should be debating and fighting over is how do we resolve those issues going forward? One side says I'm going to take from some to give to others. Fighting bigotry with bigotry is hypocrisy. if we remember, the goal isn't for Republicans or Democrats to win, but for communities to feel safer and our officers to feel respected.

2. Morris Pollard:

   I suddenly found myself confronting a community in which racism and bigotry were acceptable social practices, i was never able to establish friendships in my neighborhoods and was compelled to spend most of my time around the city's Hebrew Day School, where I felt at least physically safe and emotionally protected.

3. Eric Garcetti:

   Bigotry, violence, and division too often live in unseen and unheard places, but have severe consequences on the lives of our fellow Angelenos when they are not confronted and left to infect our public and private lives.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   The anti-religious bigotry needs to stop. It is an embarrassment to those who propagate it. Fortunately, it will not stop the Senate from voting to confirm this outstanding nominee in just a few days.

5. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry.