as in partisan
one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices an incorrigible bigot who hasn't entertained a new thought in years

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Recent Examples of bigot Lord John immediately rebukes the relationship, and Claire later calls him a bigot for it. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024 Regrettably, anyone who expressed even mild objections to DEI could be branded as a reprehensible bigot who needed immediate reeducation, thereby creating a demand for even more progressive-indoctrination sessions. The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024 And blessed be John Leguizamo for coming out at the two-hour mark to shatter the torpor with his razor-sharp ripping of DEI critics and bigots. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024 Racists and bigots are the ones who run to join the GOP. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bigot 
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Noun
  • Johnson, who has struggled with questioning from reporters at times, will need to maintain a strong front against antagonistic partisans on Capitol Hill.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Partisan school boards The Senate Elections Committee on Monday will consider Senate Bill 287, which would make Indiana's school board elections partisan.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • People want to get rid of religious parties, people want to put sectarians behind to build an Iraq for all Iraqis.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2015
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
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  • Although not a dogmatist, Xi cares deeply about ideology and has even blamed the collapse of the Soviet Union in part on Moscow’s failure to ensure that people took Marxism-Leninism seriously.
    Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
  • While seeing themselves as the forces of enlightenment, these folks who use the prince of darkness as their mascot are really intolerant dogmatists.
    Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024

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“Bigot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigot. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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