as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
an ideological sectarianism that prevented the political party from ever being anything more than a fringe group
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To many in the LGBTQ community, the attire and the slogan are symbols of bigotry and intolerance at a time when gay, lesbian and transgender rights are under growing attack.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025 -
The play concerns an intelligent, sensitive but deeply troubled Afrikaner boy whose bigotry threatens to destroy his relationship with the black man who is his surrogate father and best friend.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2024
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Playing a Good Hand George P. Shultz rescued the Reagan administration from its dogmatism.—
Robert W. Tucker,
Foreign Affairs,
9 July 2024
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British parochialism finds echoes on the other side of the Channel, where European leaders, as a group, failed to sell the European way of life to their people.—
Camille Pecastaing,
Foreign Affairs,
13 July 2016
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But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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Cottage cheese contains nearly 300% more lactose than Greek yogurt, so people with lactose intolerance may be able to tolerate Greek yogurt but not cottage cheese.98 Greek yogurt and cottage cheese are not appropriate for people following certain dietary patterns, such as vegan and paleo diets.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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While there, he's met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff, Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy), and his deputies.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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This is not a drift to illiberalism; this is the beginning of the seizure of democracy.—
Claude Malhuret,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Since the October 7th attacks in 2023, universities and college campuses have become front facing symbols for intolerance, illiberalism, and ideological echo chambers.—
Manu Meel,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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These actions bring a new spirit of partisanship to the national treasure that is the Kennedy Center.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Five years after the COVID pandemic began, its legacy is as much political as epidemiological, according to a comprehensive new Axios-Ipsos poll, with Americans' views of what happened cleaved by partisanship and media preferences.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Sectarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectarianism. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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