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Dictionary: in·tol·er·ance   (ĭn-tŏl'ər-əns) pronunciation
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  1. The quality or condition of being intolerant; lack of tolerance.
  2. Medicine. Extreme sensitivity or allergy to a drug, food, or other substance: lactose intolerance.

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noun

    Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion: bigotry, prejudice. See like/dislike.

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Inability to endure or withstand.

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Inability to withstand or consume; inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients.

  • drug i. — the state of reacting to the normal pharmacological doses of a drug with the signs of overdosage.
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IN BRIEF: Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.

pronunciation Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. — Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual and political leader.

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"Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art." - Wallace Stevens

"Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it." - George Santayana

"Intolerance is evidence of impotence." - Aleister Crowley

"If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now." - Salman Rushdie

"Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state." - Samuel Davies

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Intolerance is an antonym to "tolerance". The term may refer to one of the following.

Medical/biological conditions

In medical/biological context the term is commonly used synonymously with "sensitivity", e.g., "salycylate sensitivity", "cold sensitivity", etc.

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