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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.
  1. partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  2. 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
  3. [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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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

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