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bigots

/ˈbɪɡəts/

bigots is the plural of bigot.

Meaning of bigot

Noun

bigot (plural bigots)

  1. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
    • A former senior minister from Boris Johnson’s government told the Guardian they believed Braverman was a “real racist bigot”.2023 April 13, Aletha Adu, Jessica Elgot, Kiran Stacey, “Senior Conservatives hit out at Suella Braverman’s ‘racist rhetoric’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.
    • He is no bigot or hypocrite, he is not torn and divided betwixt reality and appearance, no wretch of a rugged and peevish disposition, but honest, jovial, resolute, and a good fellow.1653, Urquhart, translating Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais, book 1

Questions about bigots

What is bigots the plural of?
Bigots is the plural of bigot.
How do you pronounce bigots?
Bigots is pronounced /ˈbɪɡəts/.

Words near bigots in the dictionary

  1. bigotness
  2. bigotocracy
  3. bigotous
  4. bigotries
  5. bigotry
  6. bigots
  7. Bigott
  8. bigotted
  9. bigottish
  10. bigotty
  11. bigoty

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