bigot
Hater of difference
A bigot is someone who holds strong, intolerant views toward a particular group without reasonable foundation.
The target of many bigots’ view are ethnic or racial groups, making bigot effectively a synonym of racist, but bigot can also be used of anyone who holds particularly narrow views, for example on gender equality.
There is no related verb for bigot but the adjective form bigoted is used: a bigoted police commissioner.
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
- misogynistOne who hates women
- supremacistBeliever in group dominance
- nativistAnti-immigration advocate
segregationist · homophobe · xenophobe · antisemite · sectarian · hatemonger · white-supremacist · skinhead
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
xenophobia · intolerance · antisemitism · ableism · ageism · misogyny · transphobia · casteism
Intolerant of differing views
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- insularNarrow in outlook
myopic · blinkered · closed-minded · dogmatic · illiberal · hidebound · petty · shortsighted
Overly zealous person
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
- ideologueDogmatic political advocate
dogmatist · partisan · sectarian · purist · diehard · ultraconservative · reactionary · jingoist
Intense hostile aversion
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- spitePetty malicious intent
- vitriolBitter, scathing criticism
enmity · rancor · venom · malice · disdain · loathing · scorn · derision
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obdurateStubbornly refusing to change
uncompromising · bullheaded · pigheaded · mulish · rigid · unbending · willful · immovable
racist
One prejudiced by ethnicity
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
- misogynistOne who hates women
- supremacistBeliever in group dominance
nativist · segregationist · homophobe · xenophobe · antisemite · sectarian · hatemonger · white-supremacist · skinhead
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
homophobia · xenophobia · intolerance · antisemitism · ableism · ageism · misogyny · transphobia · casteism · ethnocentrism
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
insular · myopic · blinkered · closed-minded · dogmatic · illiberal · hidebound · petty · shortsighted · rigid
fanatic
Overly zealous person
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- hardlinerStrict policy advocate
ideologue · dogmatist · partisan · sectarian · purist · diehard · ultraconservative · reactionary · jingoist · superpatriot
hatred
Intense hostile aversion
vitriol · enmity · rancor · venom · malice · disdain · loathing · scorn · derision · antagonism
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
obdurate · uncompromising · bullheaded · pigheaded · mulish · rigid · unbending · willful · immovable · adamant
- bigotsracist, racists, sexist, sexists, homophobe
- judgmental typesmoralist, moralizer, prig, prude, puritan
- loaded wordsracist, fascist, Nazi, terrorist, extremist
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- rigid thinkersdogmatist, fundamentalist, absolutist, doctrinaire
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
bigotliberal
Open to reform
pluralist · latitudinarian · humanitarian · egalitarian · freethinker
bigotfreethinker
Rejects doctrine for reason
skeptic · doubter · agnostic · critical thinker · inquirer