Lexic.us

Definition of Intolerance

1. Noun. Impatience with annoyances. "His intolerance of interruptions"

2. Noun. Unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs.

Definition of Intolerance

1. n. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.

Definition of Intolerance

1. Noun. the state of being intolerant ¹

2. Noun. An intolerant word or action ¹

3. Noun. (countable medicine) extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intolerance

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Intolerance

1. Inability to withstand, sensitivity, as to a drug. Origin: L. Tolerare = to bear This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intolerance

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Literary usage of Intolerance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"But it is evident to any one who will calmly examine the Bible, that its pages do not inculcate any such thing as a spirit of intolerance and persecution.1 ..."

2. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"IT can hardly be said, that, during the forty-six years of the reign of Philip the Fifth, the intolerance which had so long blighted the land relaxed its ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"intolerance of light, or Photophobia. intolerance of light, in a greater or ... intolerance of light may also occur in other affections not coming under the ..."

4. American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation by William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord (1911)
"RELIGIOUS intolerance IN THE D'c-'89' REPUBLIC.1 CHRISTIANS PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS IN TENNESSEE. FROM THE BOSTON " ARENA.'' On the i8th of last July, ..."

5. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"intolerance. miracles, and the abbe Paris, who performed some in St. Medard 3. ... READ the article " intolerance" in the great Encyclopedia. ..."

6. A Treatise on Man: His Intellectual Faculties & His Education by Helvétius (1810)
"OF CIVIL intolerance. iM Ax is bora surrounded with pains and pleasures. ... The intolerance of monarchs is always the effect of their love of power. ..."

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