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bigotry

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B IH1 G AH0 T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dogmatism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intolerance

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تعصب — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Azerbaijani: təəssübkeşlik — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Azerbaijani: təəssüb — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Catalan: fanatisme — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Catalan: intolerància — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Catalan: falsa beateria — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏見 /偏见 (piānjiàn) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏執 /偏执 (piānzhí) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Czech: úzkoprsost — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Czech: omezenost — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Czech: nesnášenlivost — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Dutch: bigotterie — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Dutch: kwezelarij — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Dutch: fanatisme — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Dutch: bekrompenheid — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Finnish: suvaitsematon ennakkoluuloisuus — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Finnish: suvaitsematon dogmaattisuus — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Finnish: suvaitsematon kiihkoilu — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Finnish: fanaattisuus — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Finnish: kiihkoileva suvaitsemattomuus — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • French: bigoterie — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Georgian: ფანატიზმი (panaṭizmi) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • German: Bigotterie — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • German: Engstirnigkeit — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • German: Borniertheit — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • German: fanatische Verblendung — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Greek: μισαλλοδοξία (misallodoxía) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Korean: 편협한 신앙 (pyeonhyeophan sinang) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Norwegian: trangsynthet — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Portuguese: preconceito — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Portuguese: fanatismo — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Russian: фанати́зм (fanatízm) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Russian: нетерпи́мость (neterpímostʹ) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Russian: ха́нжество (xánžestvo) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Russian: мракобе́сие (mrakobésije) — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Scottish Gaelic: dalm-bheachd — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Serbo-Croatian: bigotnost — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Serbo-Croatian: bigoterija — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Serbo-Croatian: мрачњаштво — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Serbo-Croatian: mračnjaštvo — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Spanish: discriminación — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Swedish: bigotteri — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance
  • Turkish: bağnazlık — intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance