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Intolerant
//ɪnˈtɑləɹənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
- 2 Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects. often, postpositional
"Near-synonym: allergic"
- 3 Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
"Whilſt Congregationaliſts in England were complaining of the intolerant ſpirit of Epiſcopalians there"
Adjective
- 1 narrow-minded about cherished opinions wordnet
- 2 unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion wordnet
Noun
- 1 One who is intolerant; a bigot.
"[…] a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants, might perhaps have cast its shadow over him."
Etymology
Etymology 1
First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s).
Etymology 2
First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s).
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