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. John McCain:

   Johnson’s imprisonment forced him into the shadows of bigotry and prejudice, and continues to stand as a shameful stain on our nation’s history.

2. Mayor Christopher Bobbitt:

   As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.

3. J. K. Rowling:

   Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

4. Bruce Springsteen:

   Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   We still have to break through the barriers of bigotry. African American parents shouldn’t have to worry about their children being harassed, humiliated and even shot for the color of their skin.