intolerant
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4.6
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtɒlərənt/
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intolerante
- She was intolerant of any opinions that challenged her beliefs.
- intolerant behavior
- intolerant of others
- an intolerant attitude
I think that the Internet can be very intolerant of inconsistency.
- I think that the Internet can be very intolerant of inconsistency.
- We can just say, yes, in America it's legal to be intolerant.
- Right Second is that Nassim Taleb has a great framework where he says the most intolerant minority wins.
- As a believer in freedom, Bascar might have noticed the intolerant strain in all societies, including this one.
- At this point, Constantine becomes considerably more devout and somewhat more intolerant.
- It's a very inexact science and there is some skepticism that perhaps people are not as intolerant as they claim to be.
- Obviously, we don't have to make truth claims that, you know, they are right in being intolerant or that they are wrong in being intolerant.
- I think that that women are particularly intolerant of sexy peers more so than men.
- Can itself start to see kind of starts that can itself start to seem like a problem because it means that you'll be intolerant towards any regression.
- So I think the world is going to become more and more intolerant because the processing power of hardware is not growing at all.
- Over the years I became very intolerant with my family because I felt I was cheated out of my childhood.
- Now, now that might be a reaction to the fact that the far conservative right does I mean is let's what's I mean intolerant.
Examples
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Some of these groups are intensely intolerant of those they perceive as rivals or opponents.
Academic text (1995) -
Mrs. Hightower grows increasingly intolerant of what she calls my "flights from reality."
Fiction book (1995) -
His own son admitted, "My father was very intolerant on many things."
Academic text (1992) -
Once in power, the intolerant reject tolerance itself.
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I think that the Internet can be very intolerant of inconsistency.
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She went to church every day, and she was intolerant of those people who did not.
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There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures...
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He became more and more intolerant of modern art and his particular target was Manet.
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When I first met you, I thought you were rude, arrogant, intolerant and insensitive.
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So because they're being intolerant, they can't be tolerated.
Synonyms
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7.8
Showing strong, unfair dislike of people with different beliefs or backgrounds
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5.1
Not willing to accept ideas or ways different from their own
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5.0
Having an unfair dislike for a person or group because of who they are
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5.2
Not willing to accept new ideas or different opinions
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8.2
Not willing to accept other people's opinions or beliefs
Accepting only one group or idea and not allowing other views
Antonyms
How Tolerant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word intolerant comes from in- meaning 'not' and the same root as tolerate, which means 'to bear' or 'to accept'. So an intolerant person is 'not willing to accept' ideas or actions that are different from their own.