Synonyms for intolerance
ɪnˈtɒl ər ənsin·tol·er·ance

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1. intolerancenoun

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

2. intolerancenoun

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

3. intolerancenoun

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

4. intolerancenoun

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

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1. intolerance

   Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, credulity, fanaticism, superstition

   Antonyms:
   cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

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1. intolerancenoun

   impatience with annoyances

   "his intolerance of interruptions"

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

2. intolerancenoun

   unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs

   Antonyms:
   tolerance

Matched Categories

1. • Attitude
   • Impatience

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1. intolerancenoun

   Synonyms:
   superciliousness, imperiousness, want of toleration, want of forbearance

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1. intolerancenoun

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality

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1. List of paraphrases for "intolerance":

   bigotry, intolerant, 'intolérance, fanaticism, related, intolerances, tolerance

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1. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.

2. The MRC:

   It is simply wrong for Fox News to have a television program that expresses that kind of religious intolerance.

3. Sharon Horesh Bergquist:

   The cause behind these associations isn't clear, other potential biological causes could be attributed to experimental evidence linking consumption of artificial sweeteners to sugar cravings, appetite stimulation and glucose intolerance.

4. Tim Scott:

   Intolerance so often comes from the left with words like 'Uncle Tim' and the 'n-word' being used against me, and last night what was trending in social media was 'Uncle Tim,' and they doubled down on this concept of liberal oppression. It is stunning in 2021 that those who speak about ending discrimination want to end it by more discrimination.

5. Andre Bernard Buruch:

   I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort.