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Bigotry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance. countable, uncountable

    "The remarkable resilience of the Ku Klux Klan is a sad reminder of the persistence of racial and religious bigotry in the United States. No terrorist organization can match the Klan's mystique or long history, and few can match its success."

  2. 2
    the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot wordnet
  3. 3
    Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness. countable, dated, uncountable

Etymology

From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry.

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