intolerance
nounUK /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ · US /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
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.
1
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.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
2
Medicine, Sciences Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
- lactose intolerance
- Related terms
- allergy
- Hyponyms
- food intolerance