bigot

noun

ˈbi-gət How to pronounce bigot (audio)
Definition of bigotnext
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 Samberg was among the first to call out the inevitable crowd of bigots and MAGA-enthusiasts that would wail and scream. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2026 However, Greenberg notes that Sartre’s real interest wasn’t in Jewish perspectives but in what makes a bigot. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2026 Seven years earlier, Geary portrayed Meathead's friend Roger, who baffled star Carroll O'Connor's character, infamous bigot Archie Bunker. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025 Director and screenwriter Frank Perluso has signed on, along with Rourke, according to Hines, to make a film in which Rourke plays an aging bigot who reveals the unexpected vulnerability beneath his rough exterior, à la Gran Torino. — Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bigot
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  1. partisan
  2. fanatic
  3. sectarian
  4. dogmatist
Noun
  • Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of partisan
Noun
  • Gardner’s Big Slick co-host and fellow Chiefs fanatic, Eric Stonestreet and his wife, Lindsay, attended.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • For basketball fanatic Adam Sandler, there was no better way to shake off the pre-wedding jitters than shooting some hoops.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Definition of fanatic
Noun
  • The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of sectarian
Noun
  • Are there moments that will make architectural dogmatists cringe?
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of dogmatist

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