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
Racists and bigots are the ones who run to join the GOP.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2024
The internal election spilled into public view, with an op-ed appearing in The New York Times, and 13 of the club’s past presidents wrote an open letter decrying the anti-immigrant candidates as bigots.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
In any case: Conservatives are habitually accused of being loons, bigots, and racists — falsely.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Those athletes of today, recently stung by the vitriol of bigots and trolls, may wish to take heed of the lessons learned by this reticent hero from the previous century, a man whose quiet dignity spoke volumes.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2024
The internal election spilled into public view, with an op-ed appearing in The New York Times, and 13 of the club’s past presidents wrote an open letter decrying the anti-immigrant candidates as bigots.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
In any case: Conservatives are habitually accused of being loons, bigots, and racists — falsely.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Those athletes of today, recently stung by the vitriol of bigots and trolls, may wish to take heed of the lessons learned by this reticent hero from the previous century, a man whose quiet dignity spoke volumes.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigot
Noun
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Like today, partisans were divided over what colleges should teach.—
Johann Neem / Made by History,
TIME,
2 Jan. 2025
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This is particularly true in recent years, when partisans' views of crime have tended to change based on the party of the president.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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
Noun
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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