as in bigotry
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
a group whose mission is to oppose intolerance and extremism
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Recent Examples of intolerance
His 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma turned a show beloved as a celebration of the bright, enterprising nature of the American spirit into a menacing exhumation of the nation’s instinct toward self-mythologizing intolerance.
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Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
People may prefer almond milk for its flavor or use it due to lactose intolerance, a dairy allergy, or other reasons.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2026
Some people also avoid dairy products because norovirus can lead to a temporary lactose intolerance.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
The signal predicament of our era is the global rise of illiberalism and intolerance.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
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Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
People may prefer almond milk for its flavor or use it due to lactose intolerance, a dairy allergy, or other reasons.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2026
Some people also avoid dairy products because norovirus can lead to a temporary lactose intolerance.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
The signal predicament of our era is the global rise of illiberalism and intolerance.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerance
Noun
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Black people and Jewish people are tied in their burden as targets of abiding oppression and bigotry and, for decades, co-warriors in the fight for civil rights and social justice.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Fishback’s rhetoric couches religious bigotry in the language of economic populism.—
Steven Burg,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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But in the early days, the community had to overcome outside prejudice and fear (BBC).—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Federal prosecutors later dropped the charges filed against her with prejudice.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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But for the audience the scariest revelation in the conversation isn’t his dogmatism.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Orban and Putin once shared a close working relationship, grounded in energy deals and mutual illiberalism.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Space warfare, cyber defense, mass migration, corruption, and illiberalism require fluency, adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.—
Loree Sutton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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But there are still all sorts of offline implications to ditching interpersonal interactions in favor of platforms prone to cognitive biases.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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That’s backed by minor-league data, in addition to a general sense that the emotional bias of pitchers clouds their objectivity.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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From start to finish, ugly hyper-partisanship was on full display.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026
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The polls served as a point of reference for journalists and tracked data on partisanship and other rapid public opinion moves during a president's term, USA TODAY reported.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Intolerance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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