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

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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

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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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