Definitions for TOLERANT
ˈtɒl ər ənttol·er·ant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. tolerantadjective

   showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

2. kind, tolerantadjective

   tolerant and forgiving under provocation

   "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

3. broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerantadjective

   showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

4. tolerant, resistantadjective

   able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

   "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"

5. tolerant, patient ofadjective

   showing the capacity for endurance

   "injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tolerantadjective

   tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something

   He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.

2. tolerantadjective

   tending to withstand or survive

   These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

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1. tolerant

   Toleration is the allowing, permitting, or acceptance of an action, idea, object, or person which one dislikes or disagrees with. Political scientist Andrew R. Murphy explains that "We can improve our understanding by defining "toleration" as a set of social or political practices and "tolerance" as a set of attitudes." Random House Dictionary defines tolerance as "a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own".Both these concepts inherently contain the idea of alterity, the state of otherness. Additional choices of how to respond to the "other," beyond toleration, do exist. Therefore, in some instances, toleration has been seen as 'a flawed virtue' because it concerns acceptance of things that were better overcome. Toleration cannot, therefore, be defined as a universal good, and many of its applications and uses remain contested.: 2 Religious toleration may signify "no more than forbearance and the permission given by the adherents of a dominant religion for other religions to exist, even though the latter are looked on with disapproval as inferior, mistaken, or harmful". Historically, most incidents and writings pertaining to toleration involve the status of minority and dissenting viewpoints in relation to a dominant state religion. However, religion is also sociological, and the practice of toleration has always had a political aspect as well.: xiii Toleration assumes there is a conflict over something important, something that cannot otherwise be resolved through normal negotiation without resorting to war or violence. As political lecturer Catriona McKinnon explains, when it comes to questions like what is "the best way to live, the right things to think, the ideal political society, or the true road to salvation, no amount of negotiation and bargaining will bring them to an agreement without at least one party relinquishing the commitments that created the conflict in the first place. Such conflicts provide the circumstances of toleration ... [and] are endemic in society.": 6  "The urgency and relevance of this issue is only too obvious: without tolerance, communities that value diversity, equality and peace could not persist (Vogt, 1997).": 1 An overview of the history of toleration and different cultures in which toleration has been practiced, and the ways in which such a paradoxical concept has developed into a guiding one, illuminates its contemporary use as political, social, religious, and ethnic, applying to LGBT individuals and other minorities, and other connected concepts such as human rights.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tolerantadjective

   inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent

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1. Tolerant

   Showing the capacity for endurance.

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1. tolerant

   To respect the choices, decisions, opinions and rights of a person.

   They were very tolerant towards all people as they were very secure with themselves.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 10, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOLERANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOLERANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of TOLERANT in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Hillary Clinton, for months, and despite so many attacks, has repeatedly refused to even say the words ‘radical Islam,’ just a few weeks before the San Bernardino slaughter, Clinton explained her refusal to say the words. She said Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people, nothing to do with terrorism. That is Hillary Clinton.

2. Sir Arthur Helps:

   It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

   The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous -- on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.

4. Stacy Langton:

   They’re saying that we’re not entitled to want a library space that is free of porn and pedophilia, the tolerant Left is giving you guys some holiday hate.

5. John Porgal:

   The angel's dead, we've been tolerant of their display. We didn't like it, but we tolerated it. You see what they did to our display.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TOLERANT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tolerant
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolerant
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TOLERANT
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=TOLERANT