bigotry

This term describes a rigid, uncompromising attachment to a belief system that manifests as hostility or exclusion toward those who differ. It carries a heavy negative connotation, implying not just a difference of opinion, but a willful blindness and a lack of empathy for others. Grammatically, this noun is uncountable. It refers to an abstract quality or a systemic state of mind rather than a discrete event, meaning it cannot be pluralized and requires partitive phrases like "an instance of" or "a streak of" when referring to specific occurrences.