intolerance

intolerant (ɪnˈtɒlərənt)

—*adj* (foll by of)
1.	lacking respect for practices and beliefs other than one's own
2.	not able or willing to tolerate or endure: intolerant of noise

in'tolerance

—n

in'tolerantly

—*adv*

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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.

Example sentences

The only thing a tolerant society cannot tolerate is intolerance.

They consistently exhibit the intolerance of which they so readily accuse

others.

Since then, a backlash of fear and intolerance has erupted.

Racism, intolerance and bigotry are fermented in the petri-dish of anything

goes.

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"Terrorism is an intolerant reaction to the hypertolerance of our societies, just as rape may be an intolerance of our boundless sexual tolerance (paradoxically, the number of rapes increases with the degree of sexual liberation). It is second-generation violence—a reaction to the absence of violence. The same is true of the second-generation illnesses (cancer); they are a reaction to the hyperprotection of our bodies. When a woman turns off all signals of pleasure in your arms and leaves you no other solution but a disenchanted rape, no phantasy is of any use. But the same applies when her sexual demand is so great as to leave no room even for the illusion of rape."

-Jean Baudrillard