intolerant
pronunciation
How to pronounce intolerant in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtɒlərənt]
How to pronounce intolerant in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɑlərənt]
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- Adjective:
- unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
- narrow-minded about cherished opinions
Word Origin
- intolerant (adj.)
- 1735, from Latin intolerantem (nominative intolerans) "not enduring, impatient, intolerant; intolerable," from in- ânotâ (see in- (1)) + tolerans, present participle of tolerare âto bear, endureâ (see toleration). Of plants, from 1898. The noun meaning "intolerant person or persons" is from 1765.
Synonym
Example
- 1. In spinoza 's view intolerant laws lead ultimately to anger revenge and sedition .
- 2. This makes many secular liberals across the arab world nervous lest the islamists hijack the revolutions , turning them into vehicles for repressive and intolerant regimes .
- 3. Like the rest of europe , the dutch have learnt at first hand about the growing danger from islamic radicalism . Intolerant measures aimed at muslims are likely only to foment it .
- 4. But we simply don 't know a great deal about the people we are siding with , so it is just as plausible to imagine some rebels breaking off , and introducing an intolerant islamist rule in part or all of the country .
- 5. Austrians are often considered extremist and intolerant .