Intolerance
[ɪn'tɒl(ə)r(ə)ns;ɪn'tɒl(ə)rəns] or [ɪn'tɑlərəns]
Definition
(noun.) impatience with annoyances; 'his intolerance of interruptions'.
(noun.) unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs.
Inputed by Artie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Dorothy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Superciliousness, imperiousness, want of toleration, want of forbearance.
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Examples
- Religious intolerance and moral accusations are the natural weapons of the envious against the leaders of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And the intolerance of the church was not confined to religious matters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This black and pitiless intolerance was an evil spirit to be mixed into the project of a rule of God on earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had been taught to shun all forms of narrowness and intolerance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It justified its fierce intolerance because it pointed to an aim. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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