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tolerance

tolerance

160 3.7
Willingness to accept beliefs or lifestyles different from your own
  • noun
  • /ˈtɑːlərəns/
translation icon : tolerancia
  • The findings suggested that the IB-SP was successful with regard to teaching tolerance and understanding of diversity.
  • religious tolerance
  • promote tolerance
  • zero tolerance

It has to be tolerance for all ideas.

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Examples

  • They have a low tolerance for abuse of authority.

  • But it was more important for him to demonstrate to his people the values of tolerance and forgiveness.

    The Lady of Heaven (2021)

  • I just think cities promote tolerance because you have a bunch of people.

  • Advertising and social marketing have taught tolerance and respect for diversity and equal rights.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Our new policies include zero tolerance for those who push their beliefs on others.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • There is not a tradition of tolerance in the Arab world.

  • Principals also believed that students gained tolerance and understanding of others.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Let us cherish his memory and learn from it the values of tolerance, courage and loyalty.

    Hanuman (1998)

  • In other words, there is a social foundation for religious tolerance and interreligious dialogue in Kamina.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Promoting tolerance towards different cultures is essential for living in a diverse society.

Synonyms

acceptance
vstolerance
101 2.9

Willingness to be friendly to people and ideas that are different

focuses more on permitting differences rather than actively embracing them
inclusiveness
vstolerance
7 3.8

Making everyone feel welcome and treating them fairly

is about personal readiness to permit differences rather than organizational fairness
toleration
vstolerance
6 5.1

Accepting people, beliefs, or actions that are different from your own

is the inner willingness or ability to permit differing beliefs or behaviors
tolerationism
vstolerance
9.5

Allowing people to have different beliefs and practices

is personal willingness rather than a formal principle or rule
acceptingness
vstolerance
7.0

Being ready to welcome new people, ideas or situations

highlights active welcoming rather than the general trait of willingness

Antonyms

intolerance
50 4.6

Not willing to accept small annoyances or people with different views

Compounds

zero tolerance
  • Formal
53 4.3

A policy that makes people follow rules with no exceptions, even for small mistakes

zero-tolerance policy
  • Formal
16 4.9

A strict rule that gives the same punishment for every bad act with no exceptions

glucose tolerance test
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A test that checks how your body uses sugar after you drink a sweet drink

How Tolerant

tolerance
160 3.7
intolerance
50 4.6

Surface Forms

tolerance singular
tolerances plural

Morphology

tolerance = tolerate (transparent) = toler + ance

The noun 'tolerance' is derived transparently from the verb 'tolerate' by adding the suffix '-ance', indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Tolerance comes from the old Latin verb tolerare, which means 'to bear' or 'to endure'. Think of it as 'bearing' other people's ideas without fighting, and that's why tolerance means accepting or allowing beliefs and behavior different from your own.