as in intolerance
stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices
there's an element of intolerantness in his religious writings that many readers find unsettling
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For good measure, Grenell also accused the musician of intolerance and ridiculed him for being unpopular.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026 -
Plus, probiotic foods aren’t ideal for everyone—including those with histamine intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or active gut issues.—
Michele Ross,
SELF,
24 Feb. 2026
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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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The judge dismissed the charges with prejudice, meaning that the case cannot be retried.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Male medical professionals then, having read Hippocrates, knew the basics about how menstruation worked, yet superstition, prejudice, and misinformation circulated largely unchecked.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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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
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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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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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“Intolerantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intolerantness. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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