bigotry
noun
[ ˈbɪɡətri ]
• obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
• "the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry"
Similar:
prejudice,
bias,
partiality,
partisanship,
sectarianism,
discrimination,
unfairness,
injustice,
intolerance,
narrow-mindedness,
fanaticism,
dogmatism,
racism,
racialism,
sexism,
heterosexism,
homophobia,
chauvinism,
anti-Semitism,
jingoism,
Jim Crowism,
Origin:
late 17th century: from bigot, reinforced by French bigoterie .
