bigot — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bigot noun Someone who clings stubbornly to their own views and won't tolerate people of a different race, religion, gender, or opinion.
- holier-than-thou adjective Behaving as though you are morally better than everyone else, in a way others find smug and irritating.
- sanctimonious adj Acting as though one is morally superior to others, especially in a smug or hypocritical way.
Senses
bigot is used for these senses in English:
- bigot (obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
- churchy (mildly pejorative) one who is piously Christian
- holier-than-thou (derogatory) Hypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.
- sanctimonious Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.