bigot

[big-uht]

noun

1. a person who is intolerant or hateful toward people whose race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc., is different from the person's own.

bigot

/ ˈbɪɡət /

noun

1. a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, esp on religion, politics, or race

Other Word Forms

• bigoted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigot¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French, from Old French: a derogatory name applied by the French to the Normans, perhaps from Old English bī God “by God”

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigot¹

C16: from Old French: name applied contemptuously to the Normans by the French, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Still, I missed the truly misanthropic lead of King’s novella, a sour bigot radicalized to see himself not just as a cog in a machine but as a spoke in a revolution.

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“I was called a bigot and a transphobe and such a danger to staff that I was refused unemployment,” she said.

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His implication was that New York, dominated by bigots, is a city enraged and polarized.

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Progressives treat those who question these ideas as heretics and bigots.

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And they certainly don’t want to be made to feel like bigots for raising those concerns.

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