Intolerance Definition

ĭn-tŏlər-əns
noun
Lack of tolerance, esp. of others' opinions, beliefs, etc.; bigotry.
Webster's New World
A sensitivity to some food, medicine, etc.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.

Intolerance as a state policy must not be tolerated.
Wiktionary
(countable) An intolerant word or action.
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Other Word Forms of Intolerance

Noun

Singular:
intolerance
Plural:
intolerances

Origin of Intolerance

  • From French intolérance, from Latin intolerantia

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Intolerance Sentence Examples

  • Berengar stood alone against a multitude, unanimous in their intolerance of discipline.

  • The same intolerance that ruined the university all but ruined the city too.

  • It is Christianity which brought religious intolerance into the world.

  • You have to tolerate intolerance, otherwise you are no better than they are.

  • Severe English moralists like Johnson thought but ill of him, but the public generally was not unwilling to testify against French intolerance, and regarded his sentimentalism with favour.

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