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bigotry

/big-uh-tree/US // ˈbɪg ə tri //UK // (ˈbɪɡətrɪ) //

偏执,偏见,偏执狂,偏狭

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural big·ot·ries.

    • : stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
    • : the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.

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Examples

  • Even before this incident, the Portland Police Bureau had a history of bigotry, though the two officers denied any racial animus and described it as a prank.

  • Their appeals to bigotry – especially when aimed at LGBTQ people who fought for America – is the ultimate evidence that winning elections is more important to them than the values most Americans hold.

  • The process of appreciating that history and bigotry has been a focus for her during this summer of global social change.

  • A troubling omission considering that Pence has built his political career on defending anti-LGBT bias and bigotry.

  • If self-other boundaries really are this malleable, then maybe we can harness this capacity, both to tackle bigotry and alleviate mental health disorders.

  • It needs to be said: bigotry in the name of religion is still bigotry; child abuse wrapped in a Bible verse is still child abuse.

  • No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.

  • Regarding Muslims, we have clearly seen in recent times an uptick in anti—Muslim bigotry.

  • Meanwhile advocacy groups like GLAAD help rid our larger culture of hidden biases and bigotry.

  • But in recent years we have seen few Arabs or Muslims become active in the GOP because of the drumbeat of anti-Muslim bigotry.

  • Assassination and incendiarism were the common instruments of this diabolical association of fanaticism and bigotry.

  • It was not only in the mother country that frightful acts of bigotry and lust for wealth were enacted.

  • The bigotry of Mary regarded not the ties of consanguinity, of natural affection, of national succession.

  • Borne down by colonial subjugation, monopoly, and bigotry, these vast regions of the South were hardly visible above the horizon.

  • Meanwhile great changes were taking place in England, where James was rapidly running his career of bigotry and oppression.