Tendentious vs Bigot - What's the difference?
tendentious | bigot |
Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one.
Implicitly or explicitly slanted.
(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.
As an adjective tendentious
is having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one.As a noun bigot is
(derogatory) one who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.tendentious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As a supporter of the cause, his reports were tendentious in the extreme.
bigot
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Noun
(en noun)- Don't call me a bigot . That's extremely rude!