Learn English – “Race” is to “racism” as “religion” is to what

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I've heard "racist" being used in a few cases to describe bigotry towards people of a certain religion. It's a bit annoying because it implies that all people of a religion are the same race, which is hardly the correct case. However I'm also bewildered that there doesn't seem to be an appropriate one-word substitute coined to describe prejudice/discrimination/sense of superiority in terms of religion. What (if any) word exists for it?

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The term I would use is "religious intolerance." To describe the basis for events like the Inquisition in Spain.

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