bigotness

bigotness

English

Etymology

From bigot +‎ -ness.

Noun

bigotness (uncountable)

1. The state, quality, or condition of a bigot; bigotry.
   • 1893, Homœopathic News: A Monthly Homœopathic Medical Journal:

     […] for you to have gone to your allopathic brothers for the desired information, for they would unhesitatingly have, unless lacking characteristic bigotness, professed an entire ignorance of the knowledge of the existence of such a thing as Apis.

   • 1912, Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly, Volume 3:

     […] and that everything and everybody should give way to them, and the wonder to me is that more of them have not been killed than have been, and if they do not quit their bigotness, I am satisfied that this is the end that a good many of them will meet.

   • 1956, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 102, Part 9:

     Give us the inner peace of knowing the wisdom of patience and understanding. Remove the narrowness, the conceit, and the falseness in our lives. We ask Thee to cast from us bigotness and prejudice.

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