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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

顽固者

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wángù zhě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bigot/ˈbɪɡ.ət/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们必须联合起来反对种族主义顽固者。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one who regards or treats the members of a group with hatred and intolerance.

    "He proved himself to be an unrepentant bigot through his derogatory remarks about immigrants."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the late 16th century, the word comes from French, where it was originally used in the 12th century to denote a religious hypocrite or superstitious person. Its exact etymology remains obscure, possibly stemming from an insulting corruption of a Germanic oath or a reference to early Spanish religious figures, before shifting in English to designate anyone stubbornly intolerant of different creeds, races, or opinions.

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