Intolerant

//ɪnˈtɑləɹənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
  2. 2
    Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects. often, postpositional

    "Near-synonym: allergic"

  3. 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. 1
    narrow-minded about cherished opinions wordnet
  2. 2
    unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bigotedilliberalageistallergicantipatheticaverse

Example

More examples

"He is intolerant of opposition."

Etymology

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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