What's the difference between bigot and bigotry?

Bigot


Definition:

  • (n.) A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.
  • (n.) A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.
  • (a.) Bigoted.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It shows that we still have some way to go to end bigoted banter.” The exchange was also met with disdain on Twitter.
  • (2) On the other, well, just look at the bigoted rabble.
  • (3) It's time for Mississippi and the South as a whole to stop playing small and instead demand political candidates that don't limit our potential, don't assume that we're all bigots or homophobes, and who allow us to show the world what is really happening here.
  • (4) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
  • (5) Flynn’s subsequent penchant for inflammatory, erratic and even bigoted statements left few, particularly in security circles, willing to defend him.
  • (6) It’s bigoted, racist rhetoric.” “This is an urban legend that has been going on for 14 years,” said Ryan Jacobs, a city hall spokesman.
  • (7) This replaced the words "gives the bigots a stick to beat us with, as they demand" with "leads some people to demand".
  • (8) There is nothing in this list of principles which supports labels such as “racists” and “bigots” – the labels which are so quickly attributed to Reclaim Australia’s supporters.
  • (9) But it already looks alarmingly likely to be his own 2015 version of Gordon Brown’s “bigoted woman” moment in 2010.
  • (10) In his letter to the BBC, the ambassador wrote: "The presenters of the programme resorted to outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people, their culture as well as their official representative in the United Kingdom.
  • (11) Let them wallow in the content that Bolt provides them, carefully calibrated to both infuriate Australia’s dwindling bigoted minority while reassuring them.
  • (12) Many Isis fighters are newly converted, newly pious ... these men have grown a beard in three months and they don’t give Islam time to be understood.” He is tired of having to defend his religion against bigots who take these instant Islamists to be the authentic representation of Islam.
  • (13) Moir, who has won a British Press Award, made a statement defending her column late on Friday, saying it was not her intention to offend, blaming a "heavily orchestrated internet campaign" for the furore and adding that it was "mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones".
  • (14) He created the worst possible foundation for his RDA overhaul the day before it was announced by defending the rights of people to be bigots.
  • (15) Or a good day, actually, as he happened to be a disabled-hating bigot.
  • (16) Among other pearls of crackpot bigot wisdom, he has allegedly claimed that "black tenants smell and attract vermin."
  • (17) KL It's nothing to do with you because your paper is a load of scumbags and reactionary bigots.
  • (18) Jewish, women and LGBT – lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender – voters are rightly appalled to see the Tories co-operating with such a nasty, bigoted party.
  • (19) For what the bigots really believe by heterosexuals “breeding” heterosexuality, is that the more visible and open gay people are, the higher the likelihood people with hidden same-sex inclinations will come to believe that this is acceptable and follow suit to live and love as they wish.
  • (20) I have to deal with him every day.” Gordon Brown and Gillian Duffy Facebook Twitter Pinterest One of the most memorable on-mic blunders came during the 2010 general election campaign, when Gordon Brown was heard calling Gillian Duffy a “bigoted woman” after she confronted him about levels of immigration in Rochdale.

Bigotry


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.
  • (n.) The practice or tenets of a bigot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For some, Aussie still simply means “white”, a sentiment that itself obscures the mostly forgotten English bigotry against the Irish, Australia’s first other.
  • (2) It’s a message of division, bigotry and xenophobia.
  • (3) There is still considerable risk today facing Tionghoa society, although we have learned the lesson of the '98 riots Sibarani Sofian In 1740, bitterness from native Indonesians and the Dutch to the growing wealth of a small portion of Chinese people led to open bigotry against the minority population, most of whom were extremely poor themselves.
  • (4) The pope’s support of Davis and others objecting to same-sex marriage and actively trying to keep people from marrying will result in more bigotry and discrimination against us, and is at variance with his overall message of inclusiveness.
  • (5) I'd hope the consensus would be that they were out of order rather than me being castigated for not keeping quiet, or being blamed our host for failing to take the guest's bigotry into account when sending out the invitations.
  • (6) Bigotry against us is acceptable (and sometimes even politically necessary) for elected officials , candidates for public office , pundits and others to advance their careers – or their television ratings .
  • (7) Trump’s nomination has been described as a hostile takeover and there was hostility aplenty: a festival of bigotry, rancour and racially charged hatred.
  • (8) The government released an exposure draft for public consultation; it said it would listen to the views expressed and it was very clear that the overwhelming majority of Australians were concerned that we would see a green light sent to racism and bigotry,” Soutphommasane said.
  • (9) Just as Muslims around the world have to keep rejecting any twisted interpretation of Islam , all of us have to reject bigotry … Prejudice and discrimination helps [Isis] and it undermines our national security,” he said.
  • (10) Amid all the warmongering, bigotry and crusading, only one salient fact emerged from the Republican reactions to the Paris attacks: none of the party’s candidates are fit to govern in moments of international crisis.
  • (11) Hillary Clinton said on Monday that while she does not “know what’s in his heart”, she considers Donald Trump’s attack on a federal judge of Mexican heritage to be “a racist attack” and part of a pattern of bigotry espoused by the presumptive Republican nominee.
  • (12) Post apartheid South Africa, it's violence, it's bigotry, are all incredibly real for us South Africans.
  • (13) How apt that terms of bigotry should be riddled with class snobbery.
  • (14) In 2015, anyone can engage in bigotry against Arab Americans and American Muslims and seemingly get away with it.
  • (15) As we commemorate this historic anniversary, we recommit ourselves to the long struggle to stamp out bigotry and racism in all their forms,” said the president.
  • (16) All forms of bigotry need to be treated equally.” Many Muslims were wary of reporting attacks to the police, he said, believing they would be viewed “through the lens of counter-terrorism.
  • (17) When he first started, he says, he experienced bigotry and racism.
  • (18) "He was not only able to break the shackles of bigotry and bias and hate, but he did it without internalising the battles he was fighting."
  • (19) I don't think anyone would want to make it worse by isolating themselves through bigotry.
  • (20) However, even if the Cardiff text messages in question were not meant for public consumption, The Kick It Out chairman, Lord Ouseley, said he supported action against all cases of prejudice and bigotry.