About The Word Intolerance
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Intolerance
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What's The Definition Of Intolerance?
[n] impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"
[n] unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs Synonyms | Synonyms for Intolerance: Related Terms | Find terms related to Intolerance: ageism | balkiness | bias | bigotry | bullheadedness | classism | determination | discrimination | doggedness | dogmatism | fanaticism | fixed mind | hardheadedness | headstrongness | illiberality | inflexible will | intoleration | mulishness | narrow-mindedness | nonendurance | obduracy | obstinacy | obstinateness | opinionatedness | overzealousness | partiality | perseverance | pertinacity | pigheadedness | prejudice | racialism | racism | restiveness | self-will | sexism | stiff neck | stiff-neckedness | strongheadness | stubbornness | sulkiness | sullenness | tenaciousness | tenacity | uncharitableness | uncooperativeness | unforbearance | ungenerousness | unregenerateness | willfulness | xenophobia See Also | attitude | bigotry | dogmatism | fanaticism | impatience | mental attitude | narrow-mindedness | zealotry Intolerance In Webster's Dictionary \In*tol"er*ance\, n. [L. intolerantia impatience,
unendurableness: cf. F. intol['e]rance.]
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to
others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of
worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance;
illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a
religious sect.
These few restrictions, I hope, are no great
stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions
of despotism. --Burke.
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