tolerant society

collocation in English

meaningsoftolerantandsociety

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tolerant
adjective
uk
/ˈtɒl.ər.ənt/us
/ˈtɑː.lɚ.ənt/
willing to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition oftolerantandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although both men desired to promote atolerantsociety, they sought to achieve it within very different cultural and national frameworks.
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We regard this as essential in a just andtolerantsociety.
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In general, we are a verytolerantsociety.
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Any movement in the direction of a more humane andtolerantsocietyis welcome.
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We are saying that the glory of atolerantsocietyis that individuals can make choices that are extraordinary and huge.
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Atolerantsocietyis one in which we criminalise an activity only as a last resort.
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We may succeed in developing an adequately integrated coherent andtolerantsocietyfor 10 years or for 20 years, but in perpetuity?
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I believe this is a matter worthy of special attention in a free andtolerantsocietysuch as ours claims to be.
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In a free andtolerantsociety, minorities have rights that they are entitled to assert against the majority.
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To put it simply, it is to create a safe, just andtolerantsociety.
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Clearly, such actions and the existence of such laws impede the development of a more plural andtolerantsociety.
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We take pride in being a civilised andtolerantsociety.
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This debate is not about who is more tolerant; it is about how we go about creating thetolerantsocietythat we want.
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Unfortunately, what has changed is a degree of populism that is becoming a symptom of a lesstolerantsociety.
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It seems that my comments are inciting exactly the type of intolerance that atolerantsocietyshould not exhibit.
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If we succeed, we and our children will live in a decent andtolerantsociety.
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If we still claim to live in atolerantsocietywe must at all times, as leaders of opinion, affirm our belief in tolerance.
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This is indeed a desperate situation, and totally incompatible with a humane andtolerantsociety.
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I believe that they have certain rights that we, as atolerantsociety, should respect.
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The problem for those of us who wish for atolerantsocietyis how far we impose our views on other people.
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