Bigotry (續：不改變 單字大集合)

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–noun 

1. stubborn 

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complete intolerance 

of 

any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.  



2. the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.  



—Synonyms 

1. narrow-mindedness, 

bias, 

discrimination.

 　

In some ways mega-wealthy slightly left-leaning celebrities are our only hope. Massive corporations and massive churches are often right leaning and they're not shy about throwing their moneys and volunteers behind evil divisive movements. 



Think of the extremely wealthy Mormon church (and/or other right wing faith organizations) which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to Proposition 8 in California.





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bigotry

intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own

which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to Proposition 8 in California.

bigot

every white character in the film is a [one]-dimensional bigot,

The greatest success of "Swoon" lies in its power to [dismantle] ideas that the film maker clearly regards as [bigoted] and banal.

Brigitte Bardot, screen goddess, national icon and late-life [bigot], is [nearing] her 75th birthday.

Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his movie debut), the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot.

starch

stanch

staunch

firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty

a staunch [Republican]

The crux of the film is the staunchly [Catholic] More's refusal 

Yet despite Gabrielle's staunch work [ethic], she values her privacy [over] her professional career and lives in a modest house with her aging mother.

Leonard's parents are Ruth and Reuben Kraditor, long-married, [staunchly] bourgeois, reasonable. 

As the founder of s[taunchly] independent Factory Records, Wilson (Steve Coogan) [shepherded] the careers of doomed post-punk [combo] Joy Division, synth-pop superstars New Order and hedonistic [louts] the Happy Mondays.

Some of Cocteau's staunchest and most perceptive admirers, such as Cocteau's most [astute] biographer, Francis Steegmuller, have suggested that the film is so self-indulgent that it should not have been made; this seems to be missing the point entirely.



budge

He stepped on the gas but the [car] didn't budge.  

She won't budge from her [opinions].

when a frustrated [cadre] of student environmentalists attempts to liberate... The [animals] won't budge. 

The cat cannot come home with them for 30 days. In that month, they budge [from] their inertia; Jason gets a job selling trees, and Sophie starts an affair with Marshall, a man who has no greater purpose in the story than that she can have the affair.



intransigence

British government's intransigence over recognizing convicted IRA members as [political] prisoners

invincible

cannot be conquered in combat or any manner

an invincible [army] [courage]

impregnable

a place cannot be taken, proof against attack, 銅牆鐵壁是也

an impregnable [fortress] [virtue] 

indomitable

unyielding spirit, or stubborn persistence, 不屈不撓是也 

indomitable [will].

no suffering is so dire that it cannot be [endured] and then [erased], to be [replaced]—in Rachel’s case—with an indomitable [smile]. 

Ms. Leo's magnificent portrayal of a woman of indomitable [grit] and not an iota of self-pity makes "Frozen River" a compelling study of individual courage.



inexorable 

unyielding

inexorable [truth] 

inexorable [justice]

Even time-travel stories always depend on the inexorable direction of [time].

So we make a bargain with the filmmaker: We will try to forget these inexorable [truths] about the filmmaking process if you do your best [replicate] the magic of musicals using a screen, a projector, and a few speakers. Rob Marshall’s Nine takes us up on this arrangement, only Marshall fails [spectacularly] at living up to his side of the bargain.



insubordination

This is insubordination! Ooh, you're all gonna pay for this! Heads are gonna roll!

refractory 

a refractory [child] 

fractious

refractory or unruly

You know that's impossible. We shouldn't get them to bed till all hours, and they'd be tired|and fractious.

recalcitrant

Even in this perversely [recalcitrant] world, the Coens find their puppets an endless source of amusement. 

but others include Virgil's losing [battle] with a recalcitrant coke machine and his misguided effort to [emulate] John Dillinger by carving a gun out of a bar of soap (his weapon [dis]integrates in a heavy rain).

intractable

not docile

the intractable [pain] in his leg.  

intractability

While the performances and the seeming intractability of their situation carry the audience along, the film wears its prestigious ambitions on its sleeve, and the lack of specificity [renders] the proceedings surprisingly [hollow].

restive

a restive [horse].  

Boyle has always been a [restive] director



doggedly

dodgy

persevere

Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to [spread] good will — at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient — Sister Luke [perseveres]. 

pertinacious

importunate

importunate [demands] from the children for attention. 

and as he thereafter gravely turns aside the [importunities] of his mistress, a [drab] teacher



flinty 

flint, esp. in hardness. a flinty [heart].

granite

with granite-[hard] bullet play.

He was a despot with a [heart] of granite.

adamant

It's at that level that Polanski is at his most [adamant]

Christian Slater auditioned for the role of Lloyd Dobbler but director Cameron Crowe was adamant about getting John Cusack. Also, there was a tie between Ione Skye and actress Jennifer Connelly for the role of Diane Court. 

Is it just me, or isn't this guy just a little too adamantly opposed to time-travel?

adamantine

You would describe Mr. Jensen's position on Beale as inflexible?lntractable and adamantine.

The MPAA had threatened to impose the X rating if George A. Romero didn't make cuts. Romero did not want to cut the film, and he was adamant [against] an X rating, due to its [stigma] of hard-core pornography.

sturdy

Throughout, Ramsay keeps her camera close to the action, offering [ample] opportunity to contemplate Morton's [sturdy] figure and symmetrical, blankly expressive face. 



inveterate

firmly established by long continuance, chronic

an inveterate [gambler] 

In any case, one thing leads to another between these [inveterate] flirts (rapid-fire [innuendo] is easy with online practice), 

A former talent agent who had represented Judy Garland, Begelman was an [inveterate] gambler.



stringent 

vigorously 

stringent [measures] to suppress disorder. 

The musical [demands] of "Benjamin Button" are even more stringent than usual

rigid

unnecassarily or narrowly 

rigid [economy] 

how meticulously Alain Delon treats his hat in "Le Samourai", about a hit man who lives with a code as [rigid] as a [samurai's].

One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the [injuriously] rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century.

rigorous

action or application

rigorous [self-denial]

And I think that leads to a kind of anarchy where there are very few people writing about film who know what they’re talking about and who are rigorous about having [standards] in film.

Amplifying the sense of [dislocation] and [dread] is Tsai's [rigorous] mise-en-scène, which is occasionally (and thankfully) [leavened] by flashes of absurdist humor. 

Nearly wordless and always [exacting], The River may be more [punishing] than Tsai's other works. 

Those who choose to stick with this [admittedly] difficult film, however, will be rewarded with a compelling variation on the Taiwanese auteur's obsessions and a conclusion that suggests the possibility of better days amid the [wreckage] of the present. 

As in Potter's works, the pop interludes express subliminal desires, as well as underscore the characters' profound loneliness. Placed side by side with his rigorously [inert] mise-en-scéne,

hidebound

narrow and rigid in opinion

Although much of D.H. Lawrence's original [notoriety] in Britain came from the sexual passion in his novels, what offended [convention] even more, I think, was his belief that an artistic free spirit need not be concerned with [hidebound] ideas of social class.

















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