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
For people with certain diseases or gluten intolerance, eating can feel treacherous — one where the consequences aren’t always immediate, but can linger for hours or even days.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
New-media influencers and old-school journalists pooled their powers to investigate a rising political star, in a climate of heightened intolerance among the public toward élite abuses.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
People with lactose intolerance do not produce enough lactase, an enzyme needed to break down lactose for absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 16 Apr. 2026
His physician ran several tests that didn't reveal anything, so Sasse's doctor referred him to a gastroenterologist, believing the cause could be undiagnosed celiac or lactose intolerance.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
New-media influencers and old-school journalists pooled their powers to investigate a rising political star, in a climate of heightened intolerance among the public toward élite abuses.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
People with lactose intolerance do not produce enough lactase, an enzyme needed to break down lactose for absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 16 Apr. 2026
His physician ran several tests that didn't reveal anything, so Sasse's doctor referred him to a gastroenterologist, believing the cause could be undiagnosed celiac or lactose intolerance.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intolerance
Noun
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Greenberg suggests this remains a useful lens for looking at bigotry today.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 May 2026
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But the Ohio gubernatorial candidate who clinched his party’s nomination this week alluded to bigotry on the right in his opening message to a town hall full of young Republicans.—
Hannah Knowles,
Washington Post,
8 May 2026
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The court found that Pitt, 62, failed to provide enough evidence to refute Jolie's privilege claim, but the request was dismissed without prejudice, meaning his team can challenge the motion.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Without prejudice and without favor.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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By staying so close to black metal’s core sound, Marchenko does more to undermine the dogmatism—both racial and aesthetic—of Vikernes and his ilk than a more obviously experimental project might.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 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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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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That proposal made national headlines and led to months of reckoning with racial bias after a Center School parent was caught on a hot mic during a remote school board meeting.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Providers also can fall victim to inadvertent bias, assuming a young, otherwise healthy patient must be dealing with something other than shingles.—
Alyssa Sparacino,
Glamour,
27 Apr. 2026
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At a time of intensifying divisions at home, a depiction of Ecuador could offer an Edenic, new-world landscape free from the partisanship tainting Church’s New England landscapes.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This would make Maryland a leader in the effort to move past partisanship and toward a more prosperous and agreeable future.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
3 May 2026
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“Intolerance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerance. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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