intolerance

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US /ɪnˈtɑlərəns/ UK /ɪnˈtɒlərəns/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    unwillingness to accept differing views; bodily inability to endure something

    Religious intolerance fueled the long civil war.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · unwillingness to accept... bigotryprejudicenarrow-mindednessdogmatismsensitivity
Opposites
toleranceforbearancebroad-mindedness
Word family

Etymology

From Latin intolerantia ('impatience, unendurableness'), from intolerans ('not enduring'), from in- ('not') + tolerans, present participle of tolerare ('to bear, endure').

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