as in narrow
unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
most viewers were disgusted by the comments of the talk show's bigoted guest
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Recent Examples of bigoted
But Target’s response frustrated some supporters of gay and transgender rights, who said the company caved to bigoted pressure.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
But none of these problems justifies the bigoted fulminations of Donald Trump, who has made DEI into an all-purpose bogeyman.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, this nuance doesn’t matter to the actual white supremacists and antisemitic extremists whose own bigoted ideas have found mainstream expression thanks to Kanye.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Shortly thereafter, coincidentally or not, tweets posted over the past few years by Gascón, containing bigoted commentary about a wide array of marginalized communities and even the Oscars itself, were unearthed and circulated on X (formerly Twitter).
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
But none of these problems justifies the bigoted fulminations of Donald Trump, who has made DEI into an all-purpose bogeyman.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, this nuance doesn’t matter to the actual white supremacists and antisemitic extremists whose own bigoted ideas have found mainstream expression thanks to Kanye.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Shortly thereafter, coincidentally or not, tweets posted over the past few years by Gascón, containing bigoted commentary about a wide array of marginalized communities and even the Oscars itself, were unearthed and circulated on X (formerly Twitter).
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bigoted
Adjective
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Others may include family offices that offer a narrower range of services.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Thirty narrow stairs lead to City Ballet’s bright, top floor rehearsal studio, with double ballet barres lining three walls, a floor-to-ceiling mirror, and an open ceiling with a treacherously low center beam that high jumping dancers have learned to avoid.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And yet conceding those messy parochial disputes to powers outside the university seems to some to represent no less of a crisis.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Nation-states and their parochial identities would give way to an interdependent and cosmopolitan future.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif.—
Reuters,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The necklace may have been worn by someone in the Lusatian culture, or during the early days of the West Baltic Kurgan culture, according to the provincial office.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cats that are intolerant to lactose may experience gas, vomiting or diarrhea after eating dairy products.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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India has become fitfully intolerant of entertainment that offends certain sensibilities, often religious.—
Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Desiree confronts the prejudiced church pastor in a clash that’s not truly resolved.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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The sudden shift flummoxed the music industry, which had inherited a profoundly prejudiced business structure from the totalizing predation of Jim Crow.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Second, Africa's declining support for democracy provides a clear opening for illiberal actors.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Imagining an illiberal, renegade United States is only a matter of taking seriously what Trump says.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Gazing out onto Prince William Sound with its stunning scenery had this narrow-minded city-and-car guy bitten by the cruise bug.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Grammys have always prized a narrow-minded, classic sense of musicianship: deft songwriting, big vocals, live instrumentation.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Bigoted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigoted. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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