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Bigotry vs Fanaticism - What's the difference?

bigotry | fanaticism |

As nouns the difference between bigotry and fanaticism

is that bigotry is intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot while fanaticism is the characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.

bigotry

English

Noun

(bigotries)
  • Intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot.
    • Members of the Ku Klux Klan practiced extreme bigotry .

    Related terms

    * bigot :* bigoted

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    fanaticism

    English

    (wikipedia fanaticism)

    Alternative forms

    * phanaticism (archaic)

    Noun

  • The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.