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intolerant Definition


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intolerant
adj
    1. Refusing or unwilling to accept ideas, beliefs, behaviour, etc different from one's own.
      Thesaurus: prejudiced, discriminatory, bigoted, chauvinistic, racist, narrow-minded, impatient, small-minded, opinionated.
      Form: intolerant of something (often)
Derivative: intolerance
noun
    Unwillingness to accept ideas or behaviour different than one's own
      Thesaurus: prejudice, discrimination, bigotry, chauvinism, racism, narrow-mindedness, jingoism; Antonym: acceptance.
Derivative: intolerantly
adverb
    Etymology: 18c: from Latin intolerans, from tolerare to endure.



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