different between parochial vs intolerant

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source Late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis (“of a church province”), from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek ???????? (paroikía, “stay in a foreign land”), later “community, diocese”, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pároikos, “neighbouring, neighbour”), from ????- (para-) + ????? (oîkos, “house”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?????k??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p???o?ki.?l/

Adjective

parochial (comparative more parochial, superlative most parochial)

1. Pertaining to a parish.
2. Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

   The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.

   Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.

   • 1918, 1st of February, "Why I Joined The Army", an article in London's Daily Express by Daniel Desmond Sheehan

     But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.

   • 1969, T.C. Smout: A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830, p 341:

     Its atmosphere might have been provincial, but it was never merely parochial.

Derived terms

• parochial school
• parochial vicar
• parochialism
• parochially

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin parochialis. Compare the inherited term paroissial.

Adjective

parochial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parochiale)

1. parochial

Descendants

• ? English: parochial

English

Etymology

From French intolérant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intolerant (comparative more intolerant, superlative most intolerant)

1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.

   I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.

   • 1892, Harry Marshall Ward, The Oak: A Popular Introduction to Forest-botany

     The oak, as is well known, is a slow-growing, dicotyledonous tree of peculiar spreading habit, and very intolerant of shade.
2. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

Related terms

• intolerance
• intolerantly
• intolerate
• intoleration
• tolerance
• tolerant

Translations

Noun

intolerant (plural intolerants)

1. One who is intolerant; a bigot.

References

• intolerant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intolerant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin intolerans.

Adjective

intolerant (masculine and feminine plural intolerants)

1. intolerant

   Antonym: tolerant

Derived terms

• intolerantment

Related terms

• intolerància

Further reading

• “intolerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intolerant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “intolerant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intolerant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

intolerant (comparative intoleranter, superlative am intolerantesten)

1. intolerant

Declension

Further reading

• “intolerant” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French intolérant.

Adjective

intolerant m or n (feminine singular intolerant?, masculine plural intoleran?i, feminine and neuter plural intolerante)

1. intolerant

Declension