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Definition of Intolerance
Intolerance

Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect.

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Intolerance Quotations

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Mohandas Gandhi

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Thomas Jefferson

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Mohandas Gandhi

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.
Princess Diana

Intolerance Translations

intolerance in German is Intoleranz
intolerance in Spanish is intolerancia
intolerance in Swedish is olidlig


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