Literary notes about bigotry (AI summary)
In literature, the term "bigotry" is employed in a multifaceted manner—from denoting inherent bias and partiality, as reflected in its synonymous use with favoritism and nepotism in lexicons [1, 2], to symbolizing the corrosive influence of oppressive ideologies in society. Authors have harnessed its power to critique not only religious intolerance, as in the disdain for rigid Christian salvation [3] or the targeted prejudice of the Greek church [4], but also to expose political and social injustices that stifle progress and foster division [5, 6, 7]. Moreover, its usage often highlights the personal and institutional shortcomings of characters or societies, illustrating a narrow-mindedness that both precipitates conflict and diminishes meaningful dialogue [8, 9, 10]. This versatile application underscores how "bigotry" functions not merely as a descriptive term but as a potent indictment of any force that champions unyielding prejudice over enlightenment.
- partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - [Pg 183] the bigotry of Christian salvation is bad music and hieratic posing and vexation.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Nietzsche - There is but one shadow upon this hopeful picture, and that is the bigotry of the Greek church, to which the government yields.
— from In the Levant
Twenty Fifth Impression by Charles Dudley Warner - Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - At the same time the sense of patriotism was often grossly perverted by religious 182 bigotry and party spirit.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck - Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - The magistrates of Paris and Toulouse were blinded by prejudice, passion, or bigotry.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 3
With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron - The curse of bigotry and ignorance reaches halfway across the world, to sow its bitter seed in fertile soil in the East Side tenements.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis - A bad general rule is laid down, and obstinately maintained, wherever the consequences are not too monstrous for human bigotry.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 4
With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron