| 单词 | bigot |
| 释义 | bigot (once / 933 pages) n A bigot is someone who doesn't tolerate people of different races or religions. If you have an uncle who is a bigot and tells racist jokes at Thanksgiving, you may need to talk to him and tell him it's not okay. A bigot can also be someone who refuses to accept other ideas, as in politics. This word was borrowed from Middle French, but the French word is of uncertain origin. In Old French bigot was a term of abuse for Normans, and possibly related to the oath bi got "by God." In English and French, a bigot was originally a hypocrite, a person who claims to have certain moral beliefs but whose behavior doesn't match those beliefs. A bigot was specifically a hypocritical professor of religion, but the connection with the current sense of bigot is not clear. WORD FAMILYbigot: bigoted, bigotry, bigots USAGE EXAMPLESEverything is bigger in Texas, even the bigots. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) It is set in Hiaasen’s native Florida where bigots, corrupt lawyers, politicians and pharmaceutical companies, the mafia and red-neck reality shows are all lampooned. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Immigrants and minorities are fearful, bigots are emboldened, discourse is coarsened. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) n a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own Hypo|Hyper chauvinist a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind antifeministsomeone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women homophobea person who hates or fears homosexual people racialist, racista person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others sectarian, sectarist, sectarya member of a sect segregationist, segregatorsomeone who believes the races should be kept apart male chauvinist, sexista man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women drumbeater, partisan, zealot a fervent and even militant proponent of something |
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