Bigoted
['bɪgətɪd] or ['bɪɡətɪd]
Definition
(adj.) blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; 'a bigoted person'; 'an outrageously bigoted point of view' .
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Definition
(a.) Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow-minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound, wedded to an opinion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prejudiced, intolerant, narrow-minded, blindly_devoted, onesided, confined
ANT:Unprejudiced, open-minded, large-minded, broad, comprehensive, liberal
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Examples
- To such as are not bigoted, and are willing to be convinced, they carry a conviction that nothing can ever shake. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure that you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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