bigotry

== English == === Etymology === From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot +‎ -ry. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/ === Noun === bigotry (countable and uncountable, plural bigotries) The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance. (dated) Obstinate prejudice or opinionatedness. ==== Usage notes ==== Bigotry is stronger than prejudice or intolerance, though it is often confused with both terms. ==== Synonyms ==== bigotness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bigot bigoted ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “bigotry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bigotry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “bigotry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.