in ‧ tol ‧ e ‧ rance /ɪnˈtɒlərəns $ -ˈtɑː-/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable] unwillingness to accept ways of thinking and behaving that are different from your own OPP tolerance
racial/religious intolerance
2 . [uncountable and countable] an inability to take particular medicines or eat particular foods without suffering bad effects ⇨ allergic
intolerance of
an intolerance of alcohol
food/glucose/lactose intolerance
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THESAURUS
▪ prejudice an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc:
racial prejudice
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prejudice against women
▪ discrimination the practice of treating one group of people differently from another in an unfair way:
There is widespread discrimination against older people.
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the laws on sex discrimination
▪ intolerance an unreasonable refusal to accept beliefs, customs, and ways of thinking that are different from your own:
religious intolerance
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There is an atmosphere of intolerance in the media.
▪ bigotry a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions:
religious bigotry
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the bigotry directed at Jews and other ethnic groups
▪ racism/racial prejudice unfair treatment of people because they belong to a different race:
Many black people have been the victims of racism in Britain.
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Some immigrant groups faced racism, for example Jews and Italians, while others, such as Scandinavians, did not.
▪ sexism the belief that one sex, especially women, is weaker, less intelligent etc than the other, especially when this results in someone being treated unfairly:
sexism in language
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She accused him of sexism.
▪ ageism ( also agism American English ) unfair treatment of people because they are old:
The new law aims to stop ageism in the workplace.
▪ homophobia prejudice towards or hatred of gay people:
homophobia in the armed forces
▪ xenophobia /ˌzenəˈfəʊbiə $ -ˈfoʊ-/ hatred and fear of foreigners:
the xenophobia of the right-wing press
▪ anti-Semitism a strong feeling of hatred toward Jewish people:
Is anti-Semitism on the increase?
▪ Islamophobia hatred and fear of Muslims:
the rise of Islamophobia and right-wing extremism in Europe
▪ gay/union/America etc bashing unfair public criticism of gay people, union members, the American government etc:
The minister was accused of union bashing.
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There's so much America-bashing in the liberal press.