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- DictionaryIn·tol·er·ance/inˈtäl(ə)rəns/
noun
- 1. unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own: "a struggle against religious intolerance"
- 2. an inability to eat a food or take a drug without adverse effects: "avoiding cross-contamination is essential to people with gluten intolerance"
The meaning of INTOLERANCE is the quality or state of being intolerant. How to use intolerance in a sentence.
unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect persons of a different social group, especially members of a minority group. incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure: intolerance to heat. abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc. an intolerant act.
Intolerance — or an unwillingness to accept the beliefs or behavior of someone different from you — is not a quality you want to have. Intolerance is what leads to hate crimes and discrimination.
INTOLERANCE definition: 1. the fact of refusing to accept ideas, beliefs, or behaviour that are different from your own…. Learn more.
1. : unable or unwilling to endure. 2. a. : unwilling to grant equal freedom of expression especially in religious matters. b. : unwilling to grant or share social, political, or professional rights : bigoted. 3. : exhibiting physiological intolerance.
Intolerant refers to an active refusal to allow others to have or put into practice beliefs different from one's own: intolerant in politics; intolerant of other customs. Bigoted is to be so emotionally or subjectively attached to one's own belief as to be hostile to all others: a bigoted person.
When you're intolerant, you can't or won't put up with something. Usually, that means you're not very open-minded. Being intolerant can mean you have a medical condition, like lactose intolerant people who can't eat dairy products.
noun. 1. lack of toleration; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc. 2. incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure. intolerance to heat. 3. abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc.
intolerance. (disapproving) the fact of not being willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own. (specialist) the fact of not being able to eat particular foods, use particular medicines, etc. without becoming ill. Definition of intolerance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
disapproving of or refusing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own: She can be very intolerant of students who don't understand what she's talking about.
