bigotry
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++big·ot·ry /ˈbɪɡətri/ noun [uncountable] PPPREJUDICEDbigoted behaviour or beliefs 偏执的行为[信念] SYN prejudice sensational news stories that just encourage bigotry 只会助长偏执行为的煽情的新闻报道► see thesaurus at prejudice
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bigotry• Gay people face a constant struggle against bigotry.• Walls of suspicion, distrust and bigotry are beginning to rise again.• People who oppose religion on the grounds of its intolerance and bigotry think that the risks are very high.• The best he can manage with this script is a sense of loony bigotry.• Moma is a monument to the creative value of bigotry.• Funding church schools is foolishly promoting bigotry and intolerance.• Teach your children to recognize bigotry and not be a part of it.• The newspaper condemned the former mayor's bigotry toward gays.• But there are other sides to Chicago neighborhoods suspicion of outsiders, intolerance toward the unconventional, bigotry, and bullying.• The statements quoted above were for the most part not coarse or vulgar, but just loaded with bigotry.big·ot·ry nounChineseSyllable
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bigotry
big‧ot‧ry /ˈbɪɡətri/
noun [uncountable]
bigoted behaviour or beliefs
SYN prejudice:
sensational news stories that just encourage bigotry
▪ prejudice an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc: racial prejudice | prejudice against women
▪discrimination the practice of treating one group of people differently from another in an unfair way: There is widespread discrimination against older people. | the laws on sex discrimination
▪intolerance an unreasonable refusal to accept beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking that are different from your own: religious intolerance | There is an atmosphere of intolerance in the media.
▪bigotry a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions: religious bigotry | the bigotry directed at Jews and other ethnic groups
▪racism/racial prejudice unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race: Many black people have been the victims of racism in Britain. | Some immigrant groups faced racism, for example Jews and Italians, while others, such as Scandinavians, did not.
▪sexism the belief that one sex, especially women, is weaker, less intelligent etc than the other, especially when this results in someone being treated unfairly: sexism in language | She accused him of sexism.
▪ageism (also agism American English) unfair treatment of people because they are old: The new law aims to stop ageism in the workplace.
▪homophobia prejudice towards or hatred of gay people: homophobia in the armed forces
▪xenophobia /ˌzenəˈfəʊbiə $ -ˈfoʊ-/ hatred and fear of foreigners: the xenophobia of the right-wing press
▪anti-Semitism a strong feeling of hatred toward Jewish people: Is anti-Semitism on the increase?
▪Islamophobia hatred and fear of Muslims: the rise of Islamophobia and right-wing extremism in Europe
▪gay/union/America etc bashing unfair public criticism of gay people, union members, the American government etc: The minister was accused of union bashing. | There's so much America-bashing in the liberal press.
big‧ot‧ry /ˈbɪɡətri/
noun [uncountable]bigoted behaviour or beliefs
SYN prejudice:
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