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Engstirnigkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bigotry noun Intolerant, narrow-minded prejudice, especially over race, religion, or politics.

Senses

Engstirnigkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • bigotry The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
  • narrow-mindedness The state of being narrow-minded.
  • parish pump politics (Ireland, UK, politics, derogatory, informal) Political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.
  • parochialism The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).

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