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Meanings of intolerant in English

Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion.

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        Narrow-minded about cherished opinions.

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              Usage of intolerant in English
              1
              A large majority of African citizens, however, are intolerant of homosexual citizens.
              The South African
              2
              The Independents are perhaps the more bigoted; the Presbyterians the more intolerant.
              Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
              3
              The atmosphere is intolerant now; the risk is it may become suffocating.
              The Guardian
              4
              Under Maximilian II Austria had been the least intolerant of European governments.
              Lectures on Modern history
              5
              There's also genetic evidence that people at that time were mainly lactose-intolerant.
              Radio NZ
              6
              They're divided by sin, intolerant of differences in appear­ance, language, and culture.
              Heaven
              7
              A highly political spirituality, it is literal and intolerant in its vision.
              A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
              8
              The melancholy person in his self-scrutiny becomes an intolerant tyrant to himself.
              Luther Examined and Reexamined / A Review of Catholic Criticism ...
              9
              Describes his difficult and intolerant personality, which has driven away most friends.
              The new yorker
              10
              Oratory in exercise is masterful and jealous, and intolerant of all interruptions.
              Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
              11
              It's also a dairy product… that can be eaten by the lactose-intolerant.
              BBC
              12
              Mbalula explained: We are going to be intolerant to drinking and driving.
              The South African
              13
              But critics say he has become increasingly autocratic and intolerant of dissent.
              Reuters
              14
              If the patient was intolerant to ST, treatment was switched to pentamidine.
              Pubmed
              15
              While tolerant of kinds in literature, he should be intolerant of pretentiousness.
              The Art of Letters
              16
              BJP leaders have dismissed allegations that the party is intolerant of dissent.
              Reuters
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              Intolerant through the time
              Intolerant across language varieties
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