bigotries
Deep-seated group hatreds
Bigotries is the plural of bigotry—instances or varieties of obstinate intolerance toward people of different groups, beliefs, or backgrounds.
The plural form emphasizes distinct manifestations: The movement confronted the bigotries of its era—racial, religious, and sexual.
Someone might harbor multiple bigotries or a society might grapple with its accumulated bigotries.
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
ageism · transphobia · antisemitism · misogyny · casteism · colorism · classism · stereotyping
Forced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
ghettoization · disenfranchisement · inequality · inequity · persecution · oppression · unfairness · mistreatment
Closed thinking, limited perspective
- close-mindednessResistance to new ideas
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
dogmatism · fanaticism · extremism · supremacism · zealotry · jingoism · ethnocentrism · chauvinism
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- homophobiaPrejudice against same-sex attraction
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
ableism · ageism · transphobia · antisemitism · misogyny · casteism · colorism · classism · stereotyping · scapegoating
segregation
Forced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
redlining · ghettoization · disenfranchisement · inequality · inequity · persecution · oppression · unfairness · mistreatment · victimization
narrow-mindedness
Closed thinking, limited perspective
- close-mindednessResistance to new ideas
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
provincialism · dogmatism · fanaticism · extremism · supremacism · zealotry · jingoism · ethnocentrism · chauvinism · nativism
hate
Intense hostile aversion
hostility · malice · spite · venom · vitriol · revulsion · abhorrence · aversion · enmity · rancor
bigotriestolerances
Allowable limits of variation
open-mindedness · acceptance · tolerance · inclusiveness · inclusivity
bigotriesopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · receptiveness · intellectual curiosity · freethinking · fair-mindedness
bigotriesopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
intellectual humility · curiosity · receptiveness · freethinking · rationality