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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.

Origin:
1755–65; < L intolerantia. See intolerant, -ance

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in·tol·er·ance (ĭn-tŏl'ər-əns) Pronunciation Key
n.

The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance.
Medicine Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance: lactose intolerance.

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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.