intolerance

3 definitions found

intolerance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intolerance \In*tol"er*ance\ ([i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ans), n. [L.
     intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F.
     intol['e]rance.]
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     1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
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     2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to
        others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of
        worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance;
        illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a
        religious sect.
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              These few restrictions, I hope, are no great
              stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions
              of despotism.                         --Burke.
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intolerance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intolerance
      n 1: impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of
           interruptions"
      2: unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in
         opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance]

intolerance - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "intolerance":
     ageism, balkiness, bias, bigotry, bullheadedness, classism,
     determination, discrimination, doggedness, dogmatism, fanaticism,
     fixed mind, hardheadedness, headstrongness, illiberality,
     inflexible will, intoleration, mulishness, narrow-mindedness,
     nonendurance, obduracy, obstinacy, obstinateness, opinionatedness,
     overzealousness, partiality, perseverance, pertinacity,
     pigheadedness, prejudice, racialism, racism, restiveness,
     self-will, sexism, stiff neck, stiff-neckedness, strongheadness,
     stubbornness, sulkiness, sullenness, tenaciousness, tenacity,
     uncharitableness, uncooperativeness, unforbearance, ungenerousness,
     unregenerateness, willfulness, xenophobia