Intolerance
noun
Not accepting opinions, beliefs, or behaviors that are different from your own.
His intolerance of others' opinions made it difficult to have a balanced discussion.
Often appears as...
- intolerance towards
- religious intolerance
noun
A sensitivity or inability to tolerate certain foods, substances, or conditions.
Lactose intolerance can prevent some people from consuming dairy products.
Often appears as...
- food intolerance
- lactose intolerance
noun
An inability to endure or withstand something.
The plant's intolerance to cold weather means it must be grown indoors.
Often appears as...
- intolerance to
- intolerance of
noun
Refusal to allow or accept something.
The school has a zero-tolerance policy for bullying.
Often appears as...
- zero tolerance
- intolerance of
noun
Not accepting opinions, beliefs, or behaviors that are different from your own.
His intolerance of others' opinions made it difficult to have a balanced discussion.
Often appears as...
- intolerance towards
- religious intolerance
noun
A sensitivity or inability to tolerate certain foods, substances, or conditions.
Lactose intolerance can prevent some people from consuming dairy products.
Often appears as...
- food intolerance
- lactose intolerance
noun
An inability to endure or withstand something.
The plant's intolerance to cold weather means it must be grown indoors.
Often appears as...
- intolerance to
- intolerance of
noun
Refusal to allow or accept something.
The school has a zero-tolerance policy for bullying.
Often appears as...
- zero tolerance
- intolerance of
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Used to discuss social issues like discrimination to express disapproval of narrow-mindedness.
Intolerance in society often leads to conflict.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries a negative connotation when describing someone's inability to accept different views.
Her intolerance creates a hostile environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'intolerance' with 'indifference', which means lack of interest.
Their intolerance of new ideas, not indifference, hindered progress.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Used to discuss social issues like discrimination to express disapproval of narrow-mindedness.
Intolerance in society often leads to conflict.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries a negative connotation when describing someone's inability to accept different views.
Her intolerance creates a hostile environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'intolerance' with 'indifference', which means lack of interest.
Their intolerance of new ideas, not indifference, hindered progress.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Context
Used to discuss social issues like discrimination to express disapproval of narrow-mindedness.
Intolerance in society often leads to conflict.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries a negative connotation when describing someone's inability to accept different views.
Her intolerance creates a hostile environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misuse
Don't confuse 'intolerance' with 'indifference', which means lack of interest.
Their intolerance of new ideas, not indifference, hindered progress.
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The walk from "no" to...
what if that could be an antidote to terrorism? What if that could be a vaccine against religious intolerance? How would you bring that story to life? Now, it's not enough just to tell a story. That's powerful, but people need to experience the story.
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The rise of modern...
Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes. Taken together, these ideals propose that tolerance and institutions that protect us from intolerance,
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3 ways to practice...
And I call that respectful engagement. But civil discourse also needs rules, it needs boundaries. For instance, there's a difference between language that is simply rude or demeaning, and speech that invokes hatred and intolerance.
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National Geographic...
maybe it's what we do said I really examples is that people have been able to study the rise of or the appearance of lactose intolerance in people by studying the genes that are needed for digesting milk sugar lactose lactase and
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The lost art of...
matter a recipe for intolerance and coercion so better to shy away from to ignore the moral and the religious convictions that people bring the civic life it seems to me that our discussion reflects the opposite that a better way
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Michael Sandel: The lost...
and for that matter, around the world. There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for that matter, a recipe for intolerance and coercion.
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A free world needs...
But it is incompatible with intolerance. Let us not become our own censors in the name of political correctness. We need to stand up, we need to push back, because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world,
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Why we need to talk...
fight back against intolerance, and more than anything, learn to love ourselves, learn to accept ourselves for who we are, the people we are, not the people the world wants us to be. Because the world I believe in is one
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Tackling Climate Change...
help just as some people are naturally intolerant to milk or crayfish like myself we could artificially induce mild intolerance to meat by stimulating our immune system against common bow-bow
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The revolutionary power...
they strongly, strongly dislike plurality. They cannot deal with multiplicity. Adorno used to say, "Intolerance of ambiguity is the sign of an authoritarian personality."
Video examples
The walk from "no" to...
what if that could be an antidote to terrorism? What if that could be a vaccine against religious intolerance? How would you bring that story to life? Now, it's not enough just to tell a story. That's powerful, but people need to experience the story.
Video examples
The rise of modern...
Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes. Taken together, these ideals propose that tolerance and institutions that protect us from intolerance,
Video examples
3 ways to practice...
And I call that respectful engagement. But civil discourse also needs rules, it needs boundaries. For instance, there's a difference between language that is simply rude or demeaning, and speech that invokes hatred and intolerance.
Video examples
National Geographic...
maybe it's what we do said I really examples is that people have been able to study the rise of or the appearance of lactose intolerance in people by studying the genes that are needed for digesting milk sugar lactose lactase and
Video examples
The lost art of...
matter a recipe for intolerance and coercion so better to shy away from to ignore the moral and the religious convictions that people bring the civic life it seems to me that our discussion reflects the opposite that a better way
Video examples
Michael Sandel: The lost...
and for that matter, around the world. There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement, and for that matter, a recipe for intolerance and coercion.
Video examples
A free world needs...
But it is incompatible with intolerance. Let us not become our own censors in the name of political correctness. We need to stand up, we need to push back, because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world,
Video examples
Why we need to talk...
fight back against intolerance, and more than anything, learn to love ourselves, learn to accept ourselves for who we are, the people we are, not the people the world wants us to be. Because the world I believe in is one
Video examples
Tackling Climate Change...
help just as some people are naturally intolerant to milk or crayfish like myself we could artificially induce mild intolerance to meat by stimulating our immune system against common bow-bow
Video examples
The revolutionary power...
they strongly, strongly dislike plurality. They cannot deal with multiplicity. Adorno used to say, "Intolerance of ambiguity is the sign of an authoritarian personality."
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Robert Kennedy
American Politician
President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such an enlargement. It advanced the day when the bars of intolerance against all minority groups will be lifted, not only for the presidency, but for all aspects of our national life.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish Inventor
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say 'oral method' to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say 'sign language' to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.
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Lauren Beukes
South African Novelist
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.
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Isaac Hayes
American Musician
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
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Philip Anschutz
I support the rights of all people and oppose discrimination and intolerance against the LGBTQ community. I see this as a matter of basic human rights.
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Herbie Hancock
American Musician
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.
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Harris Faulkner
American Journalist
I have a certain perspective and intolerance for people who try to twist and bend whatever the truth might be.
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Giacomo Leopardi
Italian Poet
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Poet
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
President Kennedy's election was such an enlargement. It expanded religious freedom to include the highest office in the land. President Kennedy's administration was such an enlargement. It advanced the day when the bars of intolerance against all minority groups will be lifted, not only for the presidency, but for all aspects of our national life.
Quote examples
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish Inventor
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say 'oral method' to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say 'sign language' to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.
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Lauren Beukes
South African Novelist
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.
Quote examples
Francois Hollande
French Statesman
France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance. The country would plunge into decline if it refused to be itself, if it was afraid of the future, afraid of the world.
Quote examples
Isaac Hayes
American Musician
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
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Philip Anschutz
I support the rights of all people and oppose discrimination and intolerance against the LGBTQ community. I see this as a matter of basic human rights.
Quote examples
Herbie Hancock
American Musician
One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.
Quote examples
Harris Faulkner
American Journalist
I have a certain perspective and intolerance for people who try to twist and bend whatever the truth might be.
Quote examples
Giacomo Leopardi
Italian Poet
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.
Quote examples
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Poet
I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
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