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intolerance

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13
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17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (UK)
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/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (UK) · /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ (US) · /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/

Definition of intolerance

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The state of being intolerant.
    “Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.”
    “By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The state of being intolerant.
    “Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.”
    “By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.”
  2. (countable)Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
    “lactose intolerance”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.

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