Toleration refers to permitting or allowing something of which one disapproves. It implies disapproval of what is being tolerated as inferior or mistaken. Tolerance differs in that it suggests non-judgmental acceptance of different beliefs or lifestyles. Historically, toleration involved the status of minority religions in relation to a dominant state religion, but analysis has expanded to include toleration of political, ethnic, and other minority groups as well as legally enforced human rights.