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-'''Bigotry''' is the state of mind of a bigot: someone who, as a result of their [[prejudice]]s, treats or views other people with fear, distrust or hatred on the basis of a person's  [[ethnicity]], [[evaluative diversity|evaluative orientation]], [[race (human classification)|race]], [[religion]], [[national origin]], [[gender]], [[gender identity]], [[sexual orientation]], [[disability]], [[socioeconomic status]], or other characteristics.
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-==Etymology==
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-The origin of the word ''bigot'' and ''bigoterie'' (bigotry) in [[English language|English]] dates back to at least 1598, via [[Middle French]], and started with the sense of "religious [[Hypocrisy|hypocrite]]". This meaning still survives in [[Italian language|Italian]], in the cognate word [[:wiktionary:bigotto|bigotto]].
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-The exact origin of the word is unknown, but it may have come from the [[German language|German]] ''bei'' and ''Gott'', or the English ''by God''.
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-[[William Camden]] wrote that the [[Normans]] were first called bigots, when their Duke [[Rollo of Normandy|Rollo]], who when receiving Gisla, daughter of [[Charles the Simple|King Charles]], in marriage, and with her the investiture of the dukedom, refused to kiss the king's foot in token of subjection&nbsp;– unless the king would hold it out for that specific purpose. When being urged to do it by those present, Rollo answered hastily "No, by God", whereupon the King, turning about, called him ''bigot'', which then passed from him to his people.<ref>{{1728|title=Bigot|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090126081922/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240251&isize=L}}</ref> This is quite probably fictional,{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} as Gisla is unknown in Frankish sources. It is true, however, that the French used the term ''bigot'' to abuse the Normans.<ref>{{cite book |title=Word Histories And Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |year=2004 |isbn=0-618-45450-0 |page=24}}</ref>
-[[File:Counter propaganda.gif|thumb|"Don't Fall for Enemy Propaganda", 1941 - 1945]]
-The twelfth-century Norman author [[Wace]] claimed that ''bigot'' was an insult which the French used against the Normans, but it is unclear whether or not this is how it entered the English language.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words |first=John |last=Ayto |publisher=Arcade Publishing |year=1990}}</ref>
-The French used to call the English [[les goddams]] after their favorite curse; [[Clément Janequin]]'s "La Guerre",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tard-bourrichon.fr/musique%20JANEQUIN%20Bataille.html |title=La Guerre (La Bataille de Marignan) de Clément Janequin |publisher=Tard Bourrichon}} {{fr icon}}</ref> which is about the [[Battle of Marignano]], similarly uses the [[Swiss German]] curse 'bigot', i.e. "by god!", in a context about the Protestant Swiss.
-According to [[Henry Bradley]], the meaning of ''bigot'' in the [[Old French]] was "detested foreigner", "heretic", and it is supposed that the word was a corruption of [[Visigoth|Visigot]]. To the Catholic [[Franks]], the [[Visigoths]] of Southern France and Spain were the objects of bitter hatred, both on religious and worldly grounds.<ref>Bradley, Henry, ''The Story of the Goths'', XXXI, 329. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1891.</ref>
-==See also==
-* [[Purist]]
-* [[Scott Morrison (politician)]]
-==References==
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-==External links==
-{{commons category|Bigotry}}
-{{Wiktionary|bigotry}}
-* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=bigot Etymology of the word bigot]
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-[[Category:Prejudices]]
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