Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
intolerance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Intolerance.
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- noun archaic
intolerance
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Examples
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"There is a real intolerancy to homosexuality in a lot of these organizations," said Peter Cobb, an organizer with Not In Our Name.
be afraid Annie 2006
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"There is a real intolerancy to homosexuality in a lot of these organizations," said Peter Cobb, an organizer with Not In Our Name.
Archive 2006-03-01 Annie 2006
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The higher clergy naturally clung to the interests of the aristocracy, as identical with their own: moreover, they were vexed with the young lord for attacking intolerancy, hypocrisy, and similar anti-Christian qualities, and consequently espoused with ardor Tory grievances.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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She was honourably buried in the church of St. Sauveur, without the slightest opposition from the venerable priest, who, far from sharing the anti-christain intolerancy of the clergy in general, said that her profession as an actress had not hindered her from being a good Christian, and that the earth was the common mother of all human beings, as Jesus Christ had been the Saviour of all mankind.
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She was honourably buried in the church of St. Sauveur, without the slightest opposition from the venerable priest, who, far from sharing the anti-christain intolerancy of the clergy in general, said that her profession as an actress had not hindered her from being a good Christian, and that the earth was the common mother of all human beings, as Jesus Christ had been the Saviour of all mankind.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 06: Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761
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She was honourably buried in the church of St. Sauveur, without the slightest opposition from the venerable priest, who, far from sharing the anti-christain intolerancy of the clergy in general, said that her profession as an actress had not hindered her from being a good Christian, and that the earth was the common mother of all human beings, as Jesus Christ had been the Saviour of all mankind.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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It has the inherent idea that, if a Democracy isn’t like the one of the USA, isn’t a Democracy at all, and I don’t like the idea, mainly because it can bring intolerancy and misunderstandings.
Think Progress » Conyers releases ‘The Constitution in Crisis.’ 2006
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