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🤝 Accepting differences 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A supporter of tolerance
tolerationist

tolerationist

8.0
A person who supports acceptance of people with different religious or social beliefs
  • noun
  • /ˌtɒləˈreɪʃənɪst/
translation icon : tolerante
  • The debate included a well-known tolerationist who argued for greater acceptance of religious diversity.

Examples

  • Many tolerationists have played important roles in promoting peaceful coexistence throughout history.

  • As a proud tolerationist, he welcomed people of all backgrounds into his community.

  • She is a strong tolerationist in her community.

  • Many tolerationists believe in peaceful coexistence.

  • As a proud tolerationist, he welcomed people of all backgrounds into his community.

  • The debate included a well-known tolerationist who argued for greater acceptance of religious diversity.

  • Many tolerationists have played important roles in promoting peaceful coexistence throughout history.

Synonyms

pluralist
vstolerationist
2 6.5

A person who believes different groups can live together in one society

actively supports tolerance and social inclusion rather than only believing coexistence is possible
multiculturalist
vstolerationist
2 6.1

A person who supports equal respect for different cultures

supports tolerance in general rather than focusing on cultural celebration
latitudinarian
vstolerationist
9.9

A person who accepts many different religious beliefs

supports tolerance in both religious and social matters rather than only religious openness

Antonyms

bigot
  • Offensive
117 7.1

A person who unfairly dislikes people from other groups

intolerant
64 4.6

Not willing to accept people who have different opinions or beliefs

How Tolerant

tolerationist
8.0
bigot
  • Offensive
117 7.1

Surface Forms

tolerationist singular
tolerationists plural

Morphology

tolerationist = toleration (transparent) = toleration + ist

Formation is the same as the adjectival sense: 'toleration' + '-ist' meaning a person who advocates toleration; the derivation is regular and clear.

Etymology

Tolerationist combines tolerance ('acceptance') with the ending -ist (like in artist), which means 'a person who does or believes something'. So a tolerationist is a person who supports acceptance of different religious or social views.