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INTOLERANCE
intolerance
(noun) impatience with annoyances; “his intolerance of interruptions”
intolerance
(noun) unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intolerance (countable and uncountable, plural intolerances)
(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
(countable) An intolerant word or action.
(countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.
Antonyms
• tolerance
Hyponyms
• (medicine): food intolerance
Anagrams
• crenelation
Source: Wiktionary
In*tol"er*ance, n. Etym: [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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