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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. impatience with annoyances;
- Example: "his intolerance of interruptions"

2. unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intolerance \In*tol"er*ance\ ([i^]n*t[o^]l"[~e]r*ans), n. [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intol['e]rance.] [1913 Webster] 1. Lack of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. [1913 Webster] These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intolerance n 1: impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions" 2: unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs [ant: tolerance]