Meanings
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1
noun
a person who is obstinately prejudiced against people with different identities, beliefs, or opinions
The speaker was condemned as a bigot after calling for one religious group to lose its civil rights.
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noun
historically, a person excessively or hypocritically devoted to a religious creed
The satirist portrays the magistrate as a pious bigot who ignores the charity his faith requires.
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Etymology
From French bigot, originally a sanctimonious person or religious hypocrite, of disputed origin. English broadened the word from excessive religious zeal to obstinate intolerance of other beliefs, groups, or identities; it is strongly disapproving.