tolerantist
tolerantist noun: an advocate of religious tolerantism.
Noun
tolerantist (plural tolerantists)
- An advocate of religious tolerantism.
- They demand leave for a man to form his views in religion as he forms them in painting or in poetry or in architecture; to form them, that is,without let or hindrance from man or God according to the individual's taste and fancy and character and inclination; and whatever view the individual thinks...1895, James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast, The American Catholic Quarterly Review - Volume 20, page 268
- They were hardly likely to accept the ideas derived in part from non-Christian philosophes without, to say the least, some reservations, and saw in some tolerantist notions views which were transitory and fleetingly fashionable, and which could not be allowed to undermine fundamental Protestant...1993, Colin Haydon, Anti-Catholicism in Eighteenth-century England, C. 1714-80, →ISBN
- One who advocates racial or cultural toleration.
- Hence the concept of heterophobia lumps together various modes of the "racizing" treatment of groups of others: the gentle racialization of encompassing others in and through persuasive dialogue (dialogical anthropology), the terrorist racialization of the destruction of others (genocidal...2001, Pierre-André Taguieff, The Force of Prejudice: On Racism and Its Doubles, →ISBN, page 20
- It ends in a conception, which legitimizes the fact that every group possesses its culture, every culture its moral values, its traditions and its rules of behavior and the "tolerantist‟ reception to the culture of the Others.2008 April, Yvon Pesqueux, “European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership: Cyrano de Bergerac”, in International Workshop on European Literature and the Ethics of Leadership
Examples of tolerantist in a sentence
- Several months later, July 1562, the Bordeaux Parlement struck at the “tolerantists” by requiring that each member of Parlement make a formal profession of the Catholic faith.”2009, William C. White, Steps, Faith to Reason, →ISBN, page 186:
- However, like many other tolerantist Christians of the early eighteenth century, Peter did not extend his toleration to the Jesuits or Jews.2016, Gary M. Hamburg, Russia's Path toward Enlightenment, →ISBN:
- Soon, as the 'tolerantists' wish, Finland will turn to be backward country, populated by all the others but the original Finns.2015, Martti Lehto, Pekka Neittaanmäki, Cyber Security: Analytics, Technology and Automation, →ISBN, page 55:
Forms of tolerantist
| plural | tolerantists |
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Origin of tolerantist
From tolerant + -ist.
Questions about tolerantist
- What does tolerantist mean?
- Tolerantist means an advocate of religious tolerantism.
- How do you use tolerantist in a sentence?
- Several months later, July 1562, the Bordeaux Parlement struck at the “tolerantists” by requiring that each member of Parlement make a formal profession of the Catholic faith.”
- What part of speech is tolerantist?
- Tolerantist is a noun.
- What is the plural of tolerantist?
- The plural of tolerantist is tolerantists.
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