stupendous and uplifting to one of strong beliefs (5)
I believe the answer is:
bigot
'one of strong beliefs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'stupendous and uplifting to' is the wordplay.
'stupendous' becomes 'big' (similar in meaning).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'uplifting' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to' backwards is 'ot'.
'big'+'ot'='BIGOT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bigot that I've seen before include "Someone intolerant of opinions of others" , "One is prejudiced and intolerant" , "sectarian" , "Racist or sexist?" , "Intolerantly prejudiced person" .)