Tolerance is a concept commonly found in field of study such as sociology, political sociology,
multiculturalism and liberalism, but not in positive psychology. This concept paper aims to
conceptualize and operationalize cultural tolerance by adopting positive psychology perspective.
It begins with reviewing past literatures on tolerance from various perspective and comparing the
definitions, complexities, challenges and gaps. Through addressing the conceptual gaps of
tolerance from various perspectives and taking into consideration the positive psychology
philosophy and theories, a distinctive concept and operational definition of cultural tolerance from
positive psychology are presented
