In many cases, when we lack tolerance towards others it's simply because we don't understand them. By cultivating an open mind, learning about other cultures and people, and broadening our horizons, we increase our ability to understand and accept others.
Intolerance is a lack of respect for practices or beliefs other than one's own. It also involves the rejection of people whom we perceive as different, for example members of a social or ethnic group other than ours, or people who are different in political or sexual orientation.
Philosopher Karl Popper described the paradox of tolerance as the seemingly counterintuitive idea that “in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.” Essentially, if a so-called tolerant society permits the existence of intolerant philosophies, it is no longer tolerant.
Excessive tolerance is not a virtue. It's a lack of boundaries, or at least a lack of willingness to stand for them. And, as the saying goes, if you won't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. Tolerating unacceptable or undesirable behaviour from others means you'll be on the receiving end of more of it.
Study and analysis of the scientific literature have allowed identifying four basic models of tolerance: religious, medical, anthropological, and psychological.
There are four factors that affect range of tolerance: time, place, situation, and culture. Range of tolerance in biology refers to the environmental conditions that are tolerable for survival.
/ˈtɒlərənt/ If you're tolerant it means that you accept people who are unlike you or put up with stuff you don't like. If you let your roommate play the same awful '80s mix over and over and don't say anything, you're probably a very tolerant person. Broad-minded and open thinking is a hallmark of tolerant behavior.
[ in-tol-er-uhnt ] show ipa. See synonyms for intolerant on Thesaurus.com. adjective. not tolerating or respecting beliefs, opinions, usages, manners, etc., different from one's own, as in political or religious matters; bigoted.
See definition of intolerant on Dictionary.com. adj.impatient, prejudiced.
Social intolerance refers to intolerance toward others' different attitudes, lifestyles, cultures, or values.
Tolerance creates a great team. It helps accomplish successful projects through the ideas and contributions of everyone and leads to achieving the goals faster. However, being tolerant is not easy. To be tolerant, one needsto be respectful and patient.
Being intolerant can mean you have a medical condition, like lactose intolerant people who can't eat dairy products. But more often being intolerant means you're unwilling to tolerate other ideas, opinions, beliefs or cultures. Homophobic people are intolerant of gay people. Sexist people are intolerant of women.
How is a food intolerance managed or treated? You may need to change your diet to limit or eliminate problem foods. Many people with food intolerances find that consuming small amounts of food causes few symptoms if any. When symptoms occur, over-the-counter medicines like antacids or antidiarrheals can help.
A low frustration tolerance, sometimes abbreviated LFT, can make you feel overly sensitive and easily flustered. But it's not just your personality. Frustration tolerance is a component of emotional regulation skills. When it's low, you find yourself bothered, angry, or thrown off by routine stressors.
A nonconformist is someone who doesn't conform to other people's ideas of how things should be.
A refusal to listen or even discuss an issue you've brought up is one of the most toxic behaviors of all. Stonewalling is frustrating, confusing, and demeaning all at once. After all, it is unrealistic to expect that two people are never going to want change.
a fair and objective attitude toward points of view different from one's own.
These are grouped into form tolerance, orientation tolerance, location tolerance, and run-out tolerance, which can be used to indicate all shapes.
Tolerance, simply put, refers to the process by which the body acclimates to the presence of an abused drug. Occurring simultaneously with tolerance is another physical phenomenon, dependence.
One major risk associated with drug tolerance is that because a medication is not working as well, the condition it is treating may worsen. People who develop drug tolerance may also be at an increased risk of misusing their medication.