intolerance
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See also: intolérance
English
Etymology
From French intolérance, from Latin intolerantia.
Morphologically in- + tolerance.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
intolerance (countable and uncountable, plural intolerances)
- (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
- Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (countable) An intolerant word or action.
- (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
Hyponyms
- (medicine): food intolerance
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being intolerant
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extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
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