as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
an ideological sectarianism that prevented the political party from ever being anything more than a fringe group
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The aim is to let students know that local displays displaying the No Place for Hate sign support the students in fighting bigotry and bullying.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
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Historians have labored to document the bigotry and violence that Chinese immigrants endured, seeking to incorporate them into the broader narrative of America’s multiracial democracy.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
28 Mar. 2025
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Wishing for McConnell People who have resented McConnell’s dogmatism and partisanship would wish him back if Scott were to succeed him as leader next year.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2024
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Advertisement Advertisement Today, in popular narratives of the civil rights movement, journalists are remembered as heroes who braved the South’s violent parochialism to shine a light on those confronting Jim Crow segregation.—
Made by History,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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But his critics on the left, many of them of color, have long pointed out these very blind spots in his work—the parochialism of his politics and his reticence where Muslim, and particularly Palestinian, death and suffering were concerned.—
Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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While Ethan learns more about being a girl and deals with the intolerance of her mother (Suzanne Cryer), Alex bonds with effortlessly cool nonbinary student Forest (Tatiana Ringsby), while wrestling with his masculinity.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Christianity, Catherine Nixey insists, largely invented religious intolerance and the persecution of dissenters.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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To their east, the once democratic governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have entered varying stages of descent into illiberalism and authoritarianism.—
Robert Kagan,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Apr. 2019
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This is not a drift to illiberalism; this is the beginning of the seizure of democracy.—
Claude Malhuret,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Pictures and video of the moment captured the overt display of partisanship in a contest for the state’s highest court.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
6 Apr. 2025
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Berliner’s acknowledgment of his employer’s systematic biases generated a wealth of reporting on and analysis of NPR’s partisanship.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Sectarianism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sectarianism. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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