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. Victor Hugo:

   We are the ones who need help, gay people, people living with AIDS. When it comes to those things, the church has an attitude of intolerance, of disgust.

2. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence:

   People are trying to make it about one particular issue, and now you're doing that as well, here, Indiana steps forward to protect the constitutional rights and privileges of freedom of religion for people of faith and families of faith for people in our state and this avalanche of intolerance has been poured upon the people of our state.

3. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Toleration brings peace, hence intolerance leads to war.

4. Diane Gottsman:

   I think that well-meaning hosts prepare these beautiful meals, and oftentimes, it includes things that some of the guests can't eat, i'm not talking about things that make you sick. If you have a gluten intolerance, if you have a serious nut allergy, you just have to let the host know and don't feel any remorse about not eating it.

5. Umberto Volta:

   The message we want to get out is if you think you’ve got celiac disease, don’t just go on a gluten-free diet, test for it. i hope doctors keep in mind that celiac disease is a very frequent food intolerance, which should be investigated not only in patients with diarrhea and overt malabsorption, but also in people (with other symptoms).