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
Corn is a gluten-free option for people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
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Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The short film, commissioned and distributed by WePresent, won the Academy Award for best live action short film in 2022 and served as a meditation on belonging and rising intolerance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
This gives your body time to respond if there's an intolerance.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The short film, commissioned and distributed by WePresent, won the Academy Award for best live action short film in 2022 and served as a meditation on belonging and rising intolerance.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerance
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The right is being horrifyingly plain in bleating their bigotry, but they’re also lost in linguistic obscurities.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the gifted Argentinian auteur has never tackled the issue as directly as in Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra), a searing and detailed chronicle of murder, bigotry and robbery on a massive scale that also marks the director’s first feature-length documentary.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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When Atsu was first revealed as the game’s protagonist, reactionaries jumped to disavow the sequel, citing bad-faith reasoning that failed to hide their prejudices.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The motion was filed without prejudice, meaning DHS could choose to pursue Hernandez’s removal in the future.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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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
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As the container of our culture’s internal contradictions, including dogmatism and pragmatism, individualism and communitarianism, and Biercean indignation and Emersonian transcendence, hardcore is as American as atomic warfare.—
Chris R. Morgan,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the India of the Cold War, which remained robustly liberal even when underperforming economically, India today, despite being more economically successful, has been markedly tainted by illiberalism and authoritarianism.—
ASHLEY J. TELLIS,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2025
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If so, or even if not, the results of illiberalism by governmental bodies on both sides of the Atlantic are clear for all to see.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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An inspector general inquiry of the Russia investigation found no evidence that it was affected by bias.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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Factor in the $100k fee, and the administration's changes to H-1B will create two significant, structural biases against young high-earners who are currently abroad and seeking visa approval.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Even in this time of hyper partisanship, Carr’s comments drew bipartisan ire.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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The partisanship fueling such animosity is a cancer that is consuming and weakening the body politic.—
Michael Bloomberg,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Intolerance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerance. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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