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intolerant

[in-tol-er-uhnt]

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adjective

not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.

unable or unwilling to tolerate or endure (usually followed by of): intolerant of very hot weather.

noun

an intolerant person; bigot.

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Origin:
1725–35; < Latin intolerant- (stem of intolerāns) impatient. See in-³, tolerant

Related forms

in·tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

qua·si-in·tol·er·ant, adjective

qua·si-in·tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

Can be confused: intolerable, intolerant.

Synonyms
1. illiberal, narrow, proscriptive, prejudiced, biased, dictatorial, totalitarian. Intolerant, fanatical, bigoted refer to strongly illiberal attitudes. Intolerant refers to an active refusal to allow others to have or put into practice beliefs different from one's own: intolerant in politics; intolerant of other customs. Bigoted is to be so emotionally or subjectively attached to one's own belief as to be hostile to all others: a bigoted person. Fanatical applies to unreasonable or extreme action in maintaining one's beliefs and practices without necessary reference to others: a fanatical religious sect.

Antonyms
1. liberal.

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Example Sentences

Some of you are really slow today on posting the usual intolerant comments.

Mussolini, intolerant of rival gangsters, suppressed them.

And, typically, consumers remain intolerant of power interruptions.

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Some of you are really slow today on posting the usual intolerant comments.

Mussolini, intolerant of rival gangsters, suppressed them.

And, typically, consumers remain intolerant of power interruptions.

Coconut milk can also serve as the base of non-dairy ice creams for those lactose intolerant ice cream lovers.

Culture is quite similar to that of other camellias, except that plants seem intolerant of heavy pruning.

Unfortunately, all religions have their intolerant adherents.

Llamas and alpacas are naturally inquisitive, and intolerant of intrusion into their space.

It shows how intolerant some people really areit wasn't even about that.

Those intolerant to the energy of molecular motion are advised to flee from the culinary laboratory.

They remain intolerant of those who smoke marijuana in private, and are increasingly hostile to those who smoke tobacco in public.

Like mutating a specific gene changing us from lactose intolerant to be able to drink milk all the time.

The fact that you refuse to refer to her as a her is intolerant.

So the main purpose of this bill is to allow lawmakers to make a statement about how intolerant of intolerance they are.

The entire tone of your post is intolerant and dismissive.

The guerrillas are intolerant of criticism and angry at journalists.

There are always sections of society that will be intolerant.

Backed by a two-thirds majority in parliament, the government is increasingly intolerant of dissent.

He dislikes opposition and is intolerant of criticism.

They supported the political agenda of an intolerant board member and.

But so intolerant has been the reaction that their convictions may have been further undermined.

People are more intolerant of outsiders when reminded of their mortality.

The public seems increasingly intolerant of grand, technical fixes, even while it hungers for new gadgets and drugs.

The family you are planning to enter seems pretty rigid and intolerant.

Online video quality is relatively intolerant of even small trans-mission delays.

Cashin was intolerant of anything ugly, in appearance or design.

Some of them indeed are, and all of them embrace odious and intolerant views of one sort or another.

Being impatient and intolerant with other people certainly doesn.

Bush was intolerant of confrontations and in-depth debate.

Giuliani is famously intolerant of people who criticize or interrupt him at public meetings.

Shell fish intolerant of ice cover live all around the arctic basin.

Perhaps it was because the senator had grown intolerant of the speculation about the state of his private life.

He is intolerant of dissent, shown in his battles with critical media commentators.

Yes, his reaction seems to strongly suggest he is intolerant of.

They were motivated by religious fervor and were intolerant of difference.

However being tolerant of the intolerant is a problem.

Amazingly his longwinded intolerant and racist rant doesn't answer any of the questions raised.

No one wants to be accused of being intolerant or a racist.

He was the nail on the board that stuck his head out, and he got hammered by an intolerant regime.

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World English Dictionary

intolerant (ɪnˈtɒlərənt)

—*adj* (foll by of)
1.	lacking respect for practices and beliefs other than one's own
2.	not able or willing to tolerate or endure: intolerant of noise

in'tolerance

—n

in'tolerantly

—*adv*

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