bigotry

English

Etymology

From French bigoterie, from bigot.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/

Noun

bigotry (plural bigotries)

1. Intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot.

   Members of the Ku Klux Klan practiced extreme bigotry.

Related terms

• bigot

• bigoted

Translations

intolerance or prejudice

• Dutch: bigotterie (nl) f, kwezelarij (nl) f
• Finnish: kiihkoilu (fi), fanaattisuus (fi)
• French: bigoterie (fr) f
• German: Bigotterie (de) f
• Portuguese: preconceito (pt) m, fanatismo (pt) m
• Russian: фанатизм (ru) (fanatízm) m, нетерпимость (ru) (neterpímostʹ) f, ханжество (ru) (xánžestvo) n (sanctimony), мракобесие (ru) (mrakobésije) n (obscurantism)

• Scottish Gaelic: dalm-bheachd (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мрачњаштво (sh) n

  Roman: mračnjaštvo (sh) n

• Spanish: discriminación (es) f
• Swedish: bigotteri (sv) n
• Turkish: bağnazlık (tr)

External links

• bigotry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• bigotry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• bigotry at OneLook Dictionary Search