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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When bigotry takes root, what follows is a breakdown in the social contract that binds us as a nation.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Here was an international superstar transcending all manner of social and cultural bigotry while maintaining a raging habit.Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 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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This statement in part reflects, perhaps, her intolerance of intellectual dogmatism.Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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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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Europe’s parochialism and military weakness may make the region a poor partner for the United States in global affairs, but the continent itself is no longer a security problem, which is a huge advance on the past.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
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The cause of fructose intolerance depends on the specific type.Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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An intolerance for difference in some people pushes the child away more, further isolating them.Jothy Rosenberg, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the United States, the presidential election is shaping up to be a contest between two candidates who have different versions of economic illiberalism.Macy Scheck, National Review, 26 June 2024
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India’s growing power also brings into sharper relief a fundamental conundrum for the West: How to square the strategic imperatives of partnership with an accelerating Indian illiberalism that fuels transnational repression—including some allegedly carried out on Western soil.Michael Kugelman, TIME, 5 June 2024
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The truncated 2024 campaign has been visible through a lens fractured by partisanship and new media, in which three dimensions become two.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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However, this election could be different, with voters prioritizing other issues or partisanship over any economic gains, a recent swing state survey from bill pay network Doxo indicated.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Sectarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectarianism. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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