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Intolerance - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Intolerance : (noun)
1: impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of
interruptions"
2: unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in
opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Intolerance : \In*tol"er*ance\, n. [L. intolerantia impatience,
unendurableness: cf. F. intol['e]rance.]
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to
others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of
worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance;
illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a
religious sect.
These few restrictions, I hope, are no great
stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions
of despotism. --Burke.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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