bigotry

bigotry
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. dogmatism, narrow-mindedness, injustice; see fanaticism , intolerance 2 , prejudice .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[BIG uh tree]
intolerance for those who are different or have different ideas, narrow-mindedness.
Archie Bunker was famous for his numerous racist and sexist remarks; he represented the epitome of bigotry.
SYN.: intolerance, narrow-mindedness, prejudice, closed-mindedness, unfairness, bias, racism, sexism, chauvinism, provincialism, discrimination. ''The disease of ignorance, of morbid minds.''—Thomas Jefferson.
ANT.: tolerance, open-mindedness, fairness
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: intolerance, prejudice. See LIKE.

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