intolerance
noun
- indisposition to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs, impatience with dissent or opposition, or inclination to suppress dissent
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ / /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ / /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
- The state of being intolerant.
“Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.”
“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.”
- Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
“lactose intolerance”