Bigot vs Orthodox - What's the difference?
bigot | orthodox |
(derogatory) One who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.
One who is strongly partial to one's own group (e.g. religion, race, gender, political party, etc.) and is intolerant of those who differ.
Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.
* 2005 , Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei :
* 2009 , Andrew Brown, The Guardian , 23 Dec 2009:
Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.
As a noun bigot
is one who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.As an adjective orthodox is
conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.bigot
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Noun
(en noun)- Don't call me a bigot . That's extremely rude!
Derived terms
* bigoted * bigotrySee also
* holier-than-thou * hypocriteExternal links
* * * ----orthodox
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.
- ‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’
