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in⋅tol⋅er⋅ance

  [in-tol-er-uhns]
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–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.
Origin:
1755–65; < L intolerantia. See intolerant, -ance
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in·tol·er·ance   (ĭn-tŏl'ər-əns)   
n.  
  1. The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance.
  2. Medicine Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance: lactose intolerance.
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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.
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Main Entry: in·tol·er·ance
Pronunciation: (')in-'täl(-&)-r&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : lack of an ability to endureintolerance to light>
2 : exceptional sensitivity (as to a food or drug) intolerance> —in·tol·er·ant /-r&nt/ adjective
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intolerance in·tol·er·ance (ĭn-tŏl'ər-əns)
n.
Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance.

in·tol'er·ant adj.

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