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in⋅tol⋅er⋅ance
[in-tol-er-uh
ns]
–noun
| 1. | lack of toleration; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc. |
| 2. | incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure: intolerance to heat. |
| 3. | abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc. |
| 4. | an intolerant act. |
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| in·tol·er·ance
(ĭn-tŏl'ər-əns) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| intolerance | |
noun | |
| 1. | impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions" |
| 2. | unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance] |
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Intolerance
In*tol"er*ance\, n. [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intol['e]rance.]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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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