bigotry

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UK, US/ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/

noun

The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.

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Meanings

nounbigotry (countable and uncountable, plural bigotries)

plural bigotries

  1. countableuncountableThe condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.

    The remarkable resilience of the Ku Klux Klan is a sad reminder of the persistence of racial and religious bigotry in the United States. No terrorist organization can match the Klan's mystique or long history, and few can match its success.

    1979, Ted Robert Gurr, Violence in America: Protest, Rebellion, Reform, page 131
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    For boys like Battuta, white women — never mind fat, Jewish, non-deferential white women — were for fucking and throwing over. What one hates in whites — love of brown sugar — one must also hate when it turns up, inverted, in black. Bigotry is not only a function of power.

    1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 272

    Strains of anti-Semitism have long festered on the American right. But in the second half of the 20th century, leaders of the Republican Party and the intellectual guardians of the conservative movement attempted to keep bigotry out of the mainstream.

    2025 December 23, Franklin Foer, “J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test”, in The Atlantic
  2. countabledateduncountableObstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.

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Origin

  1. Frenchbigoterie
  2. Englishbigotry

From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry.

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Translations

Arabic تعصب
  • تعصبintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Catalan fanatisme, intolerància
  • fanatismeintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • intolerànciaintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • falsa beateriaintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Chinese Mandarin 偏見 /偏见, 偏執 /偏执
  • 偏見 /偏见 (piānjiàn)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • 偏執 /偏执 (piānzhí)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Czech úzkoprsost, omezenost
  • úzkoprsostintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • omezenostintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • nesnášenlivostintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Dutch bigotterie, kwezelarij
  • bigotterieintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • kwezelarijintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • fanatismeintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • bekrompenheidintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Finnish suvaitsematon ennakkoluuloisuus, suvaitsematon dogmaattisuus
  • suvaitsematon ennakkoluuloisuusintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • suvaitsematon dogmaattisuusintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • suvaitsematon kiihkoiluintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • fanaattisuusintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • kiihkoileva suvaitsemattomuusintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
French bigoterie
  • bigoterieintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
German Bigotterie, Engstirnigkeit
  • Bigotterieintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Engstirnigkeitintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Borniertheitintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • fanatische Verblendungintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Greek μισαλλοδοξία
  • μισαλλοδοξία (misallodoxía)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Korean 편협한 신앙
  • 편협한 신앙 (pyeonhyeophan sinang)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Norwegian trangsynthet
  • trangsynthetintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Portuguese preconceito, fanatismo
  • preconceitointolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • fanatismointolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Russian фанати́зм, нетерпи́мость
  • фанати́зм (fanatízm)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • нетерпи́мость (neterpímostʹ)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • ха́нжество (xánžestvo)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • мракобе́сие (mrakobésije)intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Scottish Gaelic dalm-bheachd
  • dalm-bheachdintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Spanish discriminación
  • discriminaciónintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Swedish bigotteri
  • bigotteriintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Turkish bağnazlık
  • bağnazlıkintolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
Cite this entry
APA

bigotry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigotry

MLA

“bigotry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigotry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bigotry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigotry.

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