Intolerance Meaning
/ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being intolerant.
nounExtreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
Sentence Examples
Intolerance will not be tolerated.
Your declarations reflect your intolerance.
Never flee from injustice, intolerance, or insanity. Reason must prevail.
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The doctor diagnosed her lactose ____ after she suffered stomach pain from drinking milk.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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The doctor diagnosed her lactose ____ after she suffered stomach pain from drinking milk.