noun

bigotry

BIHG-uh-tree

noun

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

"The campaign group works to fight bigotry in schools."

"Decades of bigotry shaped the town's unequal housing patterns."

How to Use Bigotry

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe mindset or behavior of being stubbornly intolerant toward people who are different.

Common pairings

racial bigotry religious bigotry fight bigotry

bigotries plural

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From French bigoterie, built on bigot plus the noun suffix -ry.

bigotness

bigotness