What is another word for bigots?

Pronunciation: [bˈɪɡəts] (IPA)

Bigots are individuals who exhibit narrow-mindedness and intolerance towards people who are different from them. Synonyms for the term bigot include prejudiced, intolerant, biased, narrow-minded, dogmatic, and close-minded. A prejudiced person possesses preconceived views towards a particular group or individual based on their race, religion, or ethnicity. Intolerant people are typically stubborn and have an unwillingness to accept opinions and beliefs that differ from their own. A biased person exhibits a partiality towards specific ideas or groups, whereas a narrow-minded individual is resistant to new or unconventional ideas. A dogmatic person is one who is rigid and uncompromising in their beliefs. Thus, the aforementioned words are synonyms that describe the character traits exhibited by bigots.

What are the hypernyms for Bigots?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Bigots

The fact that the Huguenots had most of the virtue and industry and intelligence of France did not keep them from being slaughtered by Catholic bigots, and reaction riveted upon the French people for a couple of hundred years.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The best and most learned men of both Europe and this country, are advocates of these doctrines, in one shape or the other; and some bigots and men with minds of small calibre may call these great minds insane; but that does not make them insane.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
The history of periods when people were cutting each other's throats for creeds is no doubt more exciting; but we, who profess toleration, ought surely to remember that you cannot have martyrs without bigots and persecutors; and that fanaticism, though it may have its heroic aspects, has also a very ugly side to it.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen

Famous quotes with Bigots

  • Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
    George Byron
  • Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
    William Cowper
  • Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority.
    Matthew Green
  • I am really enjoying the new Martin Luther King Jr stamp - just think about all those white bigots, licking the backside of a black man.
    Dick Gregory
  • I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.
    Ron Reagan

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