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in-TOL-uh-r-uh-ns/ɪnˈtɒlərəns/

Intolerance is unwillingness to accept people or views that differ; also, physical inability to tolerate a substance: religious intolerance, lactose intolerance. Tolerate (already in the dictionary) is the verb; “clarity” is not a reason to drop a named cohort.

Meaning

Unwillingness to accept people or views you disagree with; also inability to take a food or drug.

Examples

• “Intolerance of the night cohort in the n is a methods choice, not “clarity”.”
• “Intolerance of the night cohort is a methods cut, not “clarity”.”
• “Bigotry is the people twin. Prejudice is a cousin. Clarity is a slogan. A named slice is a frame. Keep the slice, or name the exclusion; do not baptise the drop as elegance.”

Good to know

Unwillingness to accept difference (also: physical). Verb: tolerate (already in the dictionary). “Clarity” ≠ a dropped cohort.

Near in meaning

bigotry, prejudice

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