bigotize

English

Alternative forms

• bigotise (UK)

Etymology

From bigot +‎ -ize.

Verb

bigotize (third-person singular simple present bigotizes, present participle bigotizing, simple past and past participle bigotized)

1. (intransitive, rare) To be a bigot; act a bigot.
   • 1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Complete Works of Martin F. Tupper, page 169:

     Require not, however shrewd your guess, my acknowledgment of this brain-child; forgive all unintended harms; supply what is lacking in my charities; politically, socially, authorially, think that I bigotize in theoretic fun, but am incarnate Tolerance for practical earnest.

   • 2007, Doug "Ten" Rose, Fearless Puppy on American Road, page 402:

     Do you think it gives you power
     When you say things you'll regret
     When you bigotize on someone's thighs
     That's just what you won't get!

2. (transitive, rare) To make a bigot out of.
   • 1911, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research:

     Outside of this limitation the term has no use but to confuse the public and to exult and bigotise the sceptic.