intolerance
[ in-tol-er-uh ns ]
/ ɪnˈtɒl ər əns /
noun
lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect persons of a different social group, especially members of a minority group.
incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure: intolerance to heat.
abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc.
an intolerant act.
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- intolerable acts,
- intolerant,
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- intonaco,
- intonate,
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Origin of intolerance
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intolerance
"unwillingness to endure a differing opinion," 1765, from Latin intolerantia "impatience, unendurableness, insufferableness, insolence," from intolerantem (see intolerant). Especially of religious matters through mid-19c. Now-obsolete intolerancy was used in same sense from 1620s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
intolerance
[ ĭn-tŏl′ər-əns ]
n.
Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance.
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